Match tests for nonparametric analysis of variance problems

The thesis is presented in two parts, (a) "Nonparametric Analysis of Variance", and (b) "An Asymptotic Expansion of the Null Distributions of Kruskal and Wallis's and Friedman's Statistics". In the first part we present a number of new nonparametric tests designed fo...

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Main Author: Worthington, P.L.B.
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 1982
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32258/
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description The thesis is presented in two parts, (a) "Nonparametric Analysis of Variance", and (b) "An Asymptotic Expansion of the Null Distributions of Kruskal and Wallis's and Friedman's Statistics". In the first part we present a number of new nonparametric tests designed for a variety of experimental situations. These tests are all based on a so-called "matching" principle. The range of situations covered by the tests are: (i) Two-way analysis of variance with a general alternative hypothesis (without interaction). (ii) Two-way analysis of variance with an ordered alternative hypothesis (without interaction). (iii) Interaction in two-way analysis of variance, both the univariate and. multivariate cases. (iv) Latin square designs. (v) Second-order interaction in three-way analysis of variance. (vi) Third-order interaction in four-way analysis of variance. The validity of the tests is supported by a series of simulation studies which were performed with a number of different distributions. In the second part of the thesis we develop an asymptotic expansion for the construction of improved approximations to the null distributions of Kruskal and Wallis's (1952) and Friedman's (1937) statistics. The approximation is founded on the method of steepest descents, a procedure that is better known in Numerical Analysis than in Statistics. In order to implement this approximation it was necessary to derive the third and fourth moments of the Kruskal-Wallis statistic and the fourth moment of Friedman's statistic. Tables of approximate critical values based on this approximation are presented for both statistics.
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spelling nottingham-322582025-02-28T11:46:56Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32258/ Match tests for nonparametric analysis of variance problems Worthington, P.L.B. The thesis is presented in two parts, (a) "Nonparametric Analysis of Variance", and (b) "An Asymptotic Expansion of the Null Distributions of Kruskal and Wallis's and Friedman's Statistics". In the first part we present a number of new nonparametric tests designed for a variety of experimental situations. These tests are all based on a so-called "matching" principle. The range of situations covered by the tests are: (i) Two-way analysis of variance with a general alternative hypothesis (without interaction). (ii) Two-way analysis of variance with an ordered alternative hypothesis (without interaction). (iii) Interaction in two-way analysis of variance, both the univariate and. multivariate cases. (iv) Latin square designs. (v) Second-order interaction in three-way analysis of variance. (vi) Third-order interaction in four-way analysis of variance. The validity of the tests is supported by a series of simulation studies which were performed with a number of different distributions. In the second part of the thesis we develop an asymptotic expansion for the construction of improved approximations to the null distributions of Kruskal and Wallis's (1952) and Friedman's (1937) statistics. The approximation is founded on the method of steepest descents, a procedure that is better known in Numerical Analysis than in Statistics. In order to implement this approximation it was necessary to derive the third and fourth moments of the Kruskal-Wallis statistic and the fourth moment of Friedman's statistic. Tables of approximate critical values based on this approximation are presented for both statistics. 1982 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32258/1/291917.pdf Worthington, P.L.B. (1982) Match tests for nonparametric analysis of variance problems. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Nonparametric statistics variance
spellingShingle Nonparametric statistics
variance
Worthington, P.L.B.
Match tests for nonparametric analysis of variance problems
title Match tests for nonparametric analysis of variance problems
title_full Match tests for nonparametric analysis of variance problems
title_fullStr Match tests for nonparametric analysis of variance problems
title_full_unstemmed Match tests for nonparametric analysis of variance problems
title_short Match tests for nonparametric analysis of variance problems
title_sort match tests for nonparametric analysis of variance problems
topic Nonparametric statistics
variance
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32258/