title: Order-restricted tests for stratified comparisons of binomial proportions.
abstract: The data set presented relates a binomial response to ordered levels of an explanatory variable, representing doses of a drug, with data collected at several centers. A study goal is to test independence of the response and the ordinal factor, assuming under the alternative only that the binomial parameter is a monotonically increasing function of the ordinal predictor. We present two likelihood-ratio tests that are sensitive to order-restricted alternatives. Simulating the exact distributions of the test statistics yields nearly exact P-values. We also discuss related analyses for comparing two groups on an ordinal response, and we propose a test that is sensitive to a stochastic ordering alternative.
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611-8545, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agresti
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Coull
mesh_terms: D016010:Binomial Distribution; D001699:Biometry; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D016015:Logistic Models; D015233:Models, Statistical; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013269:Stochastic Processes