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A sampling study of the power function of the binomial χ2 ‘index of dispersion’ test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

B. M. Bennett  and
P. Hsu
B. M. Bennett
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
P. Hsu
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
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A total of 375 separate sampling experiments were performed on groupings of 100 samples each from distinct binomial populations in order to obtain estimates of the frequency of rejection of the hypotheses of homogeneity against alternatives of a trend by means of the usual χ2 or binomial index of dispersion test. These artificial realizations are presented in Figs. 1–5, and compared graphically with corresponding non-central χ2 distributions.

The authors would like to acknowledge the technical assistance of the Research Computer Laboratory of this University in programming and supervising the computational phases of this investigation, which was partially supported by the State of Washington Initiative 171 Funds for Research in Biology and Medicine and the Boeing Employees' Good Neighbor Fund.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , December 1961 , pp. 449 - 455
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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