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On Testing the Equality of Proportions in the Paired Case with Incomplete Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Gunnar Ekbohm*
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
*
Request for reprints should be sent to Gunnar Ekbohm, Div. of Statistics, Swed. Univ. Agric. Sc., S-750 07 UPPSALA, Sweden.

Abstract

The problem of testing two correlated proportions with incomplete data is considered by means of Monte Carlo simulations studies. A test proposed in this paper, which can be regarded as a generalization of McNemar’s test, is recommended in all cases with incomplete data and not too small samples.

Type
Notes and Comments
Copyright
Copyright © 1982 The Psychometric Society

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Reference Note

Campbell, G. Testing equality of proportions with incomplete correlated data. Unpublished manuscript, Department of Statistics, Purdue University, undated.Google Scholar

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