THE CHOICE OF A STATISTIC FOR TESTING HYPOTHESES REGARDING SEASONALITY

被引：24

作者：

REIJNEVELD, SA

机构：

[1] Department of Social Medicine, EMGO Institute, Free University, Amsterdam

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | 1990年 / 83卷 / 02期

关键词：

Power; Sample size; Seasonality; Statistical tests;

D O I：

10.1002/ajpa.1330830206

中图分类号：

Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

030303 ;

摘要：

This paper discusses statistical methods for testing hypotheses of seasonality in births across one year, using monthly frequencies. It argues that the Freedman test, a variant of the Kolmogorov‐Smirnov one‐sample test, and the Edwards test and its modifications are most appropriate for this purpose. These tests take into account the order of the monthly frequencies and have a higher power than the oridinary chi‐square goodness‐of‐fit test, regarding seasonality. The paper addresses some points mentioned in earlier papers by McCullough, and O'Brien and Holbert. Copyright © 1990 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company

引用

页码：181 / 184

页数：4

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