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Number Triangles Yielding the Numerators for Exact Solutions of the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. W. Ghent
A. W. Ghent
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana
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Abstract

A number triangle system is presented which permits determination by simple addition of the Wilcoxon exact-solution numerators to indefinitely large values. Tabulated values of these numerators are included. This approach permits the range of applicability of the exact solution to be extended indefinitely, and has the advantage of requiring only a minimal mathematical background for its understanding. Combinations of these number triangles can be employed to yield exact solutions for samples involving tied ranks.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 97 , Issue 7 , July 1965 , pp. 701 - 715
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1965

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