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Combining Data from Multiple Participants for Statistical Analysis
My question is: Are there any statistical techniques that allow for the combination of data across multiple participants to form "macro-participants" for the calculation of statistics such ...
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Non-parametric one-sample mean test for a bounded variable (based on Chebyshev's inequality?)
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I have $x_1, \ldots , x_n$ i.i.d. draws from r.v. $X$ such that $0 \leq X \leq 1$, but I can't make any other assumptions about the distribution.
I want to test the null hypothesis that $E(...
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sample size in chi-squared test
The chi-square test of independence is a type of non-parametric test, but in cases of small sample sizes, the Fisher's exact test should be used instead. My understanding of non-parametric methods is ...
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Isn't it problematic to look at the data to decide to use a parametric vs. non-parametric test?
I've seen in some instances of people mentioning that using a parametric vs. non-parametric approach may be decided by looking at the data. For example this question: nonparametric vs. parametric
Isn'...
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How do I get from integral to computational formula of Cramér-von Mises statistic step by step?
My question is related to the calculus procedures behind Cramér-von Mises test.
How do I get from integral:
to computational formula:
of Cramér-von Mises statistic, step by step?
I understand the ...
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Statistical Significance Testing for Nested Cross-Validation in ML Experiment
I am currently working on an ML experiment where I use a nested 5-cross validation procedure and obtain a NDCG@10 scores for each test user. I am comparing 6 different ML algorithms and have data for ...
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Why does the Dunn's test in online calculator rejects the null hypothesis while my manual computations cannot reject it?
In my own manual calculations of the Dunn's Test in google sheet, using the formula from a YouTube video, I managed to calculate the same Test Statistic as the online calculator.
However, using the ...
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Appropriate Trend Analysis Test for Small Sample Size
Note: I have read Finding an appropriate trend test but unfortunately this post does not apply for me
Suppose I have a small sample of data for 2 numeric variables $T$ and $Y$ where $T$ represents ...
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Non parametric tests for 2 way anova and linear model? [duplicate]
My dissertation is due very soon and I have only just realised a large mistake in my work. I misread the normality test I used, which actually showed non normal data- but I still have homogeneity of ...
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How to compare peak location and tail length of two different distributions?
I have the distributions of the fraction of people in each income bracket in a town in 1990 and 2020. The total sample size is the same in both, and assume that the incomes have been adjusted to ...
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Deriving Sample version of Anderson Darling test statistic from the theoretical version
In literature, I have seen two types of Anderson-Darling test statistic. One is expressed as
$A_T^2 = n\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{(F_n(x)-F(x))^2}{F(x)(1-F(x))}dF(x)$ and the other is given by $A_s^...
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What non-parametric test for multivariate binary data should I use?
I have two different groups of participants ("g" and "b") answering the same set of questions. Group "g" answered questions in the same order. Group "b" ...
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How could Lilliefors use Monte Carlo if the estimand is not distribution-free?
Lilliefors test is a well-known statistical test for normality. Its idea is based on the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, except the CDF is replaced by the CDF of the normal distribution with $\mu, \sigma^2$ ...
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How to construct homogeneous subsets table for nonparametric tests?
Does post-hoc for friedman tests or nonparametric testshave like a homogeneous subset table from SPSS? Mean doesn't represent it well so I tried using median but my data was zero-inflated so the most ...
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If I have a very small n for one group and a very large number of features, should I choose a parametric or a non-parametric test?
I have a dataset that contains human metabolite concetration in a fluid. One group has about 12 samples, while another only has 5. My question is if I can assume normality for this data and do ANOVA/t-...
