A nonparametric test for interaction in two‐way layouts

The authors present a new nonparametric approach to test for interaction in two-way layouts. Based on the concept of composite linear rank statistics, they combine the correlated row and column ranking information to construct the test statistic. They determine the limiting distributions of the proposed test statistic under the null hypothesis and Pitman alternatives. They also propose consistent estimators for the limiting covariance matrices associated with the test. They illustrate the application of their test in practical settings using a microarray data set.

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