Robust multivariate nonparametric tests for detection of two-sample location shift in clinical trials

• Xuejun Jiang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, P.R. China

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• Xu Guo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mathematical Statistics, School of Statistics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China

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• Ning Zhang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Promotion and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America, Meyers Primary Care Institute, A Joint Endeavor of University of Massachusetts Medical School, Reliant Medical Group, and Fallon Health, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Bo Wang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Bo Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Bo.Zhang@umassmed.edu

  Affiliation Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1574-198X

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