Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney or t-test? On assumptions for hypothesis tests and multiple interpretations of decision rules

DOI10.1214/09-SS051zbMATH Open1188.62154OpenAlexW1974828111WikidataQ24633626 ScholiaQ24633626MaRDI QIDQ147964FDOQ147964

Authors: Michael P. Fay, Michael A. Proschan, Michael A. Proschan, Michael P. Fay 

Publication date: 1 January 2010

Published in: Statistics Surveys (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/09-ss051

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zbMATH Keywords

Behrens-Fisher probleminterval censored datanonparametric Behrens-Fisher problemt-testTajima's DWilcoxon rank sum test

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric hypothesis testing (62G10) Statistical decision theory (62C99)

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