Theory of Rank Tests 2nd Edition

The Theory of Rank Tests (developed in 1967) has been the precursor of a unified and theoretically motivated treatise of the basic theory of tests based on ranks of the sample observations, having exact distribution-freeness under the hypotheses of invariance, local optimality properties, computational simplicities, and general asymptotic properties in a broader setup.

For more than 25 years, before the book went out of print, this text has raised a generation of statisticians in cultivating their theoretical research in this fertile area, as well as, in using these tools in their application oriented research. The theory of Rank Tests has probably the highest citation in statistical inference Citation Indexes.

The present edition not only aims to revive this classical text by updating the findings but also in incorporating several other important areas those were either not properly developed before 1965 or have gone through an evolutionary development during the past 30 years. In that way, the current venture aims to fulfill the need for all these academic as well as professional statisticians who want to pursue nonparametrics in their academic projects, consulation and applied research works. It is a unique blending of theory with fruitful applications in mind.