An exact control-versus-treatment comparison test based on ranked set samples

Biometrics. 2009 Dec;65(4):1213-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2009.01225.x.

Abstract

A control-versus-treatment multiple comparison test procedure is developed based on ranked set samples. The test, constructed based on K-independent exact median confidence intervals corresponding to the K populations, rejects the null hypothesis of equal medians if the median confidence intervals of the control group and any one of the other K - 1 treatment groups are disjoint. The use of the proposed test is illustrated with data from an agricultural experiment.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aerosols
  • Benzenesulfonates / administration & dosage
  • Biometry / methods*
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Databases, Factual / statistics & numerical data
  • Fluorescent Dyes / administration & dosage
  • Malus / drug effects
  • Models, Statistical*
  • Statistics, Nonparametric

Substances

  • Aerosols
  • Benzenesulfonates
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Tinopal CBS-X