Optimal sign test for quantiles in ranked set samples

This paper considers the one-sample sign test for population quantiles in general ranked set sampling, and proposes a weighted sign test because observations with different ranks are not identically distributed. It is shown analytically that optimal weight always improves the Pitman efficiency for all distributions. For each quantile, the sampling allocation that maximizes the sign test efficacy is identified and shown to not depend on the population distribution. Moreover, distribution-free confidence intervals for quantiles based on ordered values of optimal ranked set samples are discussed.

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