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Biometrika 1979 66(1):181-183; doi:10.1093/biomet/66.1.181
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Small sample properties of the Mantel-Haenszel test

SHOU-HUA LI, RICHARD M. SIMON and JOHN J. GART

National Institute of Dental Research Bethesda, Maryland
National Cancer Institute Bethesda, Maryland

For the analysis of combinations of 2x2 contingency tables, Bennett & Kaneshiro (1974) suggested that the use of a continuity correction in the Mantel-Haenszel test is unnecessary for small samples. Their calculations also implied that the significance level of the resulting test is ‘essentially independent’ of the block effect. We demonstrate that such claims are misleading.

Key Words: Combination of 2x2 tables • Contingency table • Mantel-Haenszel test


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