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A note on the distribution of the Wilcoxon rank sum statistic

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  • Chang, Derek K.

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We derive in this note a general recurrence formula for the binomial coefficients, a general recurrence formula for the distribution of the Wilcoxon rank sum statistic, and some simple exact expressions for the frequency fNj(r), j [less-than-or-equals, slant] 3, and for the number of partitions A0(r, n), n [less-than-or-equals, slant] 4.

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  • Chang, Derek K., 1992. "A note on the distribution of the Wilcoxon rank sum statistic," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 13(5), pages 343-349, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:13:y:1992:i:5:p:343-349
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    Wilcoxon rank sum statistic WNn Mann--Whitney statistic UNn frequency fNn number of partitions A0 binomial coefficients;

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