On the Efficiency of Sequentially-Calculated Rank Tests.

Abstract

A sequentially-calculated rank test is defined whose asymptotic relative efficiency with respect to the standard two-sample rank test using the same score function is 3/4. The sequentially-calculated statistic can be computed more quickly than the standard version, so that in real-time applications (e.g., signal processing) the effective efficiency may be nearly 1.5. Moreover, the proposed statistic uses less temporary storage, and its evolution in time is observable without additional computation.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA007731

Entities

People

  • Stephen S. Wolff

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Efficiency
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Signal Processing
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Regression Analysis.