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The median two-sample test for the location problem is considered. We adopt this nonparametric test to interval-valued data perceived from the epistemic perspective, where the available observations are just interval-valued perceptions of the unknown true outcomes of the experiment. Unlike typical generalizations of statistical procedures into the interval-valued framework, the proposed test entails very low computational costs. However, the presence of interval-valued data results in set-valued p-value which leads no longer to a definite binary decision (reject or not reject the null hypothesis) but may indicate the abstention from making a final decision if the information is too vague.
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Grzegorzewski, P., Śpiewak, M. (2021). Two-Sample Median Test for Interval-Valued Data. In: Atanassov, K., et al. Uncertainty and Imprecision in Decision Making and Decision Support: New Challenges, Solutions and Perspectives. IWIFSGN 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1081. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47024-1_13
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