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ERIC Number: EJ180468
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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An Examination of Cooper's Test for Monotonic Trend
Hsu, Louis
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 37, 4, 843-5, W 77
A statistic for testing monotonic trend that has been presented in the literature is shown not to be the binomial random variable it is contended to be, but rather it is linearly related to Kendall's tau statistic. (JKS)
Descriptors: Correlation, Hypothesis Testing, Nonparametric Statistics, Trend Analysis
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Identifiers: Coopers Test Statistic; Cox Stuart Tests; Kendalls Tau