Comparison of unweighted and weighted rank based tests for an ordered alternative in randomized complete block designs

• Published in: Communications in statistics. Simulation and computation Vol. 46; no. 6; pp. 4452 - 4464
• Main Authors: Zhang, Hua, Shan, Guogen, Young, Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Taylor & Francis 03.07.2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Jonckheere-Terpstra test; Nonparametric statistics; Nonparametric test; Page test; Randomization; Randomized complete block design; Repeated measurements; Sample variance; Statistical tests; Variance analysis
• ISSN: 0361-0918; 1532-4141
• DOI: 10.1080/03610918.2015.1118506

In randomized complete block designs, a monotonic relationship among treatment groups may already be established from prior information, e.g., a study with different dose levels of a drug. The test statistic developed by Page and another from Jonckheere and Terpstra are two unweighted rank based tes...