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Pitman1, Wald and Wolfowitz2, Dixon3 and others have suggested non-parametric methods for testing the null-hypothesis of two samples. Recently, I have used4 similar methods for testing k samples. The object of the present communication is to show that S of Kendall's5 τ for rank correlation can be used in testing the null-hypothesis of k samples from univariate populations.
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KRISHNA IYER, P. A Non-Parametric Method of Testing k Samples. Nature 167, 33 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167033a0
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