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An Algorithm for Comparing Medians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Ventura L. Charlin  and
Rand R. Wilcox
Ventura L. Charlin*
Affiliation:
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California
Rand R. Wilcox
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Ventura L. Charlin, 170 Broadway, Suite 201, New York, NY 10038.
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Abstract

An algorithm is presented for computing a test statistic for comparing medians based on a small-sample size estimate of the variance of the usual sample median.

Keywords

variance of the sample median

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Type
Computational Psychometrics
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , June 1989 , pp. 345 - 348
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 The Psychometric Society

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