Classical statistical theory—hypothesis testing, estimation, and the design of experiments and sample surveys—is mainly the creation of two men: Ronald A.
This reprint of a classic reference describes rank tests and estimating procedures derived from them, and gives an account of their properties. All the tests discussed here are now available in a variety of statistical software packages.
Since the publication in 1983 of Theory of Point Estimation, much new work has made it desirable to bring out a second edition.