Exact Null Distributions for Rank Test Statistics,

Abstract

Efficient algorithms are developed for inverting the probability generating functions of the distributions of rank test statistics. A method is given for deriving probability generating functions in a form suitable for inversion. Cases treated include one and two sample linear rank statistics, the general scores test for regression, and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test statistics. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0722380

Entities

People

  • Warren F. Rogers

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Data Science
  • Inversion
  • Mathematics
  • Probability
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Statistical inference.