An APL Workspace for Conducting Nonparametric Statistical Inference.

Abstract

This thesis contains programs written in APL and documentation for performing certain nonparametric tests and computing nonparametric confidence intervals. These methods of inference are particularly useful in dealing with Department of Defense related problems as illustrated in the several military examples worked in Appendix C. The following nonparametric tests are considered: Sign Test, Wilcoxon Signed-rank Test, Mann-Whitney Test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Kendall's B, Spearman's R and Nonparametric Linear Regression. The tests are based on the exact distributions of the respective test statistics unless a large sample approximation is determined to provide at least a three decimal place accuracy. The software consists of two APL workspaces; one, which is designed for microcomputers (IBM PC's or compatibles) and is menu-driven, and the other, without menus, is designed for the mainframe computer (IBM 3033) at the Naval Postgraduate School.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA184971

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  • Wayne F. Vagts

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • C4I
  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems

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  • Accuracy
  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Equations
  • Information Science
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Order Statistics
  • Personal Computers
  • Seal Teams
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Statistical Inference
  • Statistics
  • United States

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  • Mathematics

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  • Regression Analysis.

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  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference