Explicit formulas for the non-centrality parameters of the limiting chi-square distribution of proposed multisample rank based test statistics, aimed at testing the hypothesis of the simultaneous equality of location and scale parameters of underlying populations, are obtained by means of a general assertion concerning the location-scale test statistics. The finite sample behaviour of the propo...

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abstract background: the efficacy of anticonvulsants after a first seizure is uncertain the more predictable the time and the type of recunent seizure, the more preventable the probable events. this study was conducted to evaluate sirnilmity of type and time of a first seizure and its recuttence in children. methods: 174 children with at least two separate seizures were taken into account. resu...