Preface . . ix 1 SOME BASIC CONCEPTS . . 1 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF NONPARAMETRIC METHODS . . 23 3 LOCATION INFERENCE FOR SINGLE SAMPLES . . 45 4 OTHER SINGLE-SAMPLE INFERENCES . . 83 5 METHODS FOR PAIRED SAMPLES . . 125 6 METHODS FOR TWO INDEPENDENT SAMPLES . . 151 7 BASIC TESTS FOR THREE OR MORE SAMPLES . . 195 8 ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURED DATA . . 227 9 ANALYSIS OF SURVIVAL DATA . . 261 10 CORRELATION AND CONCORDANCE . . 283 11 BIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSION . . 321 12 CATEGORICAL DATA . . 347 13 ASSOCIATION IN CATEGORICAL DATA . . 389 14 ROBUST ESTIMATION . . 437 15 MODERN NONPARAMETRICS . . 469 Appendix 1 . . 503 Appendix 2 . . 505 References . . 511 Index . . 526