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Traditional two-sample estimation procedures like pooled-t, Welch’s t, and the Wilcoxon-Hodges-Lehmann are often used for skewed data and data inflated with zero values. We investigate how well these work compared to dedicated procedures that consider the specialized nature of the data.
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Rosales, K.V., Naranjo, J.D. (2016). Confidence Intervals for Mean Difference Between Two Delta-Distributions. In: Liu, R., McKean, J. (eds) Robust Rank-Based and Nonparametric Methods. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 168. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39065-9_15
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