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Drawbacks to Noninteger Scoring for Ordered Categorical Data.

Authors :
Senn, Stephen
Source :
Biometrics. Mar2007, Vol. 63 Issue 1, p296-298. 3p.
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

A proposal to improve trend tests by using noninteger scores is examined. It is concluded that despite improved power such tests are usually inferior to the simpler integer scored approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
*FISHER exact test
*CATEGORIES (Mathematics)
*RINGS of integers
*STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
*ORDERED groups

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Language :
English
ISSN :
0006341X
Volume :
63
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Biometrics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
24719883
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00739_1.x
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