Comparing Medians: A Monte Carlo Study

Rand R. Wilcox and Ventura Charlin

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 1986, vol. 11, issue 4, 263-274

Abstract: Several procedures have been proposed for testing H 0 :θ x = θ y . where θ x and θ y are the medians corresponding to two independent treatment groups. Unfortunately, most of these procedures have been found to be inadequate. For a variety of distribution shapes, this paper compares the performance of three large-sample tests of H 0 for sample sizes ranging from 11 to 25. Although two of these procedures are simple extensions of existing results, they have not been previously considered in terms of testing θ x = θ y . The method that gave the best results is based on a normal approximation of the distribution of the sample median where the variance is estimated using results reported by Maritz and Jarrett (1978). The Fligner-Rust procedure is found to be inadequate in situations not considered in previous investigations, but it performs well when the sample sizes are equal and reasonably large.

Keywords: Robustness; central location (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.3102/10769986011004263

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