Procedures for a Single Sample Introduction Binary Response Complete Data on Continuous Responses Procedures for Censored Data Appendix A: Mathematical Supplement Appendix B: Computer Programs Problems References Procedures for Two Independent Samples Introduction Two Sample Problem with Binary Responses Studies with Categorical Responses Methods for Continuous Responses Linear Rank Statistics for the Two Sample Problem Analysis of Censored Data Asymtotic Relative of Efficiency (Pitman's Efficiency) Appendix A: Mathematical Supplement Appendix B: Computer Programs Problems References Procedures for Paired Samples Introduction Analysis of Paired Binary Responses Complete Data for Continuous Responses Asymtotic Relative Efficiency Analysis of Censored Data Appendix A: Mathematical Supplement Appendix B: Computer Programs Problems References Procedures for Several Independent Samples Introduction Discrete Responses Continuous Responses with Complete Data Multiple Comparison Procedures Jonckheere's Test for Completely Ordered Alternatives Comparison of Several Treatments with a Control Censored Data Appendix A: Mathematical Supplement Problems References Analysis of Block Design Introduction RCB Designs with Binary Responses RCB Designs with Continuous Censored Data Rank Tests for RCB Designs General Block Designs with Continuous Uncensored Data A Multiple Comparison Procedure Using Friedman's Ranks Page Test for Ordered Alternatives in RCB Designs RCB Designs with Censored Data Appendix A: Mathematical Supplement Appendix B: Computer Programs Problems References Independence, Correlation, and Regression Introduction Analysis of a Bivariate Sample Testing for Correlation between Continuous Variables Linear Regression Logistic Regression Procedures for Censored Data Appendix A: Mathematical Supplement Appendix B: Computer Programs Problems References Computer Intensive Methods Introduction Permutation Tests and Randomization Tests Bootstrap Methods References Solutions to Selected Problems Author Index Subject Index

Balancing the "cookbook" approach of some texts with the mathematical approach of others, this book introduces and develops some of the commonly used techniques of nonparametric statistics that are particularly important in biostatistics and the social sciences.