A recurrence formula for the distribution of the Wilcoxon rank sum statistic
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: A recurrence formula for the distribution of the Wilcoxon rank sum statistic
zbMATH Open document ID: 0654.62022
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7152(88)90043-0
author: Tomek Brus
published in: Statistics \& Probability Letters
publication date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: A recurrence formula for the exact distribution of the Wilcoxon rank sum statistic is obtained using the properties of the binomial coefficients. A geometric interpretation of this distribution based on the structure of the Pascal triangle is presented.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 62E15
zbMATH DE Number: 4068063
zbMATH Keywords: triangulated number
zbMATH Keywords: recurrence formula
zbMATH Keywords: Wilcoxon rank sum statistic
zbMATH Keywords: binomial coefficients
zbMATH Keywords: Pascal triangle
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: 0167-7152(88)90043-0
OpenAlex ID: W2013345541
cites work: Q4125587
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4068063