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STAT 676 - Distribution-Free Statistics

Survey of nonparametric statistical techniques and their logical foundations including the distributions of order statistics and ranks, tests of hypotheses, confidence intervals and Hodges-Lehmann estimators for one-sample, two-sample, and paired sample location problems, the two-sample dispersion problem, analysis of one-way and two-way layouts, tests of independence, goodness-of-fit tests, linear rank statistics, and U-statistics.

Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 572 or STAT 574, or consent of division.

Credits: 3