A runs test based on run lengths.

P. C. O'Brien; P. J. Dyck

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A runs test based on run lengths.

P. C. O'Brien, P. J. Dyck

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A procedure is proposed for testing the hypothesis that Bernoulli trials (successes and failures) are independent with common probability of success. Equivalently, the procedure may be used to test the hypothesis that the arrangement of a fixed number of successes and failures was determined randomly. The procedure is based on a weighted linear combination of the variances of run lengths of successes and failures. It is shown to have desirable asymptotic properties and to be generally more powerful than the usual runs test, while preserving computational simplicity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	237-244
Number of pages	8
Journal	Biometrics
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/2530658
State	Published - Mar 1985

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Statistics and Probability
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Immunology and Microbiology(all)
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Applied Mathematics

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