On a Test of Whether one of Two Random Variables is Stochastically Larger than the Other

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DOI10.1214/aoms/1177730491zbMath0041.26103OpenAlexW1972978214WikidataQ55953061 ScholiaQ55953061MaRDI QIDQ5801661

Donald Ransom Whitney, Henry B. Mann

Publication date: 1947

Published in: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177730491



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