Rank tests for censored randomized block designs

Abstract

SUMMARY Rank tests are proposed and studied for the hypothesis of equal treatment effects in randomized block experiments. The procedures are applicable to samples containing arbitrarily right-censored observations as well as uncensored observations. In the case of logistic and double exponential rank scores, the tests are shown to be censored data extensions of the well-known Friedman (1937) and Brown & Mood (1951) procedures respectively. The application of the techniques to problems in survival analysis is also discussed.