期刊名称：Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research
印刷版ISSN：2220-5810
出版年度：2019
卷号：15
期号：2
页码：319-328
DOI：10.18187/pjsor.v15i2.2508
出版社：College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences
摘要：When zeroes (or ties within pairs) occur in data being analyzed with a sign test or a signed rank test, nonparametric methods textbooks and software consistently recommend that the zeroes be deleted and the data analyzed as though zeroes did not exist. This advice is not consistent with the objectives of the majority of applications. In most settings a better approach would be to view the tests as testing hypotheses about a population median. There are relatively simple p-values available that are consistent with this viewpoint of the tests. These methods produce tests with good properties for testing a different (often more appropriate) set of hypotheses than those addressed by tests that delete the zeroes.
关键词：Sign test; Signed rank test; Paired t-test; Meaningful zeroes; nonparametric
其他关键词：Sign test; Signed rank test; paired t-test; meaningful zeroes; nonparametric
