A unified approach to rank tests for mixed models

Michael G. Akritas, Edgar Brunner

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Abstract

The nonparametric version of the classical mixed model is considered and the common hypotheses of (parametric) main effects and interactions are reformulated in a nonparametric setup. To test these nonparametric hypotheses, the asymptotic distributions of quadratic forms of rank statistics are derived in a general framework which enables the derivation of the statistics for the nonparametric hypotheses of the fixed treatment effects and interactions in an arbitrary mixed model. The procedures given here are not restricted to semiparametric models or models with additive effects. Moreover, they are robust to outliers since only the ranks of the observations are needed. They are also applicable to pure ordinal data and since no continuity of the distribution functions is assumed, they can also be applied to data with ties. Some approximations for small sample sizes are suggested and analyzed in a simulation study. The application of the statistics and the interpretation of the results is demonstrated in several worked-out examples where some data sets given in the literature are re-analyzed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)249-277
Number of pages29
JournalJournal of Statistical Planning and Inference
Volume61
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 16 1997

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
  • Applied Mathematics

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