durbin's rank test is widely used for testing treatment effects in balanced incomplete block designs (bibds)which have wide applications in sensory analysis. this test is failed for bibds when ties data occur. an adjusted version of durbin rank test for this kind of data is given to solve this problem. chi-square approximation, which is commonly used for this test, is not adequate for small bib...

T objectives of this study were to compare the critical thinking skills before and after the implementation of the problem-based learning (PBL) approach among Chinese baccalaureate nursing students and to describe students’ comments on PBL. A quasi-experimental pre-test/ post-test design was conducted. Through purposive sampling, twenty-three second-year baccalaureate nursing students were invi...

A method of performing analog/mixed signal test will be described based on the assumption that: 1. All failure modes do not have to be defined. 2. The majority of failures are described by catastrophic faults [1-3]. Working forward from these assumptions, a comprehensive method will be presented that results in identifying a test suite that can serve either as a product acceptance test or a fie...

An initially uninformed agent wishes to sell an asset to a competitive market. The agent selects a test that may generate a result that is informative about the asset’s quality and can be disclosed to the market. The test may not yield a result and the agent can choose to hide some results. Both the test choice and the disclosure policy are strategic. We characterize the unique equilibrium outc...

With the upcoming trend towards built-in test structures and implicit testing, more and more issues of test design need to be resolved during circuit design. A basic requirement for manual as well as for automatic test generation is to assess how accurately a given test strategy will classify good and faulty circuits. Measurement error plays an important role here and must be taken into account...