Nonparametric Statistics Test Software Package.

Abstract

This thesis provides the computer software to perform 24 of the most common nonparametric tests, and a text explaining how and why to use that software. Nonparametric tests are valuable to experimenters and operations analysts for three reasons: ease of explanation to non-statisticians, simplicity of computation, and applicability to data sets which cannot be analyzed by parametric tests. Reasons for unsuitability of parametric test include data of nominal or ordinal level of measurement, lack of common variance, or lack of normal distribution of the underlying population. There are two programs provided: Lochinvar, an interactive Pascal program, and Crunch, a Fortran program. Lochinvar is designed to prompt and screen a user's entry of data and options. Crunch performs calculations; it is suitable for use in whole or part as a subcomponent of other programs. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA137170

Entities

People

  • P. J. O'brien Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chi Square Test
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Demography
  • Distribution Functions
  • Goodness Of Fit Tests
  • Information Science
  • Molecular Orbital Theory
  • Nonparametric Statistics
  • Normal Distribution
  • Operating Systems
  • Order Statistics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Statistical Tests
  • Statistics

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