<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />I'm comparing detection frequency of analytes in 150 paired stream samples using two different analytical methods. The results are provided in two columns with concentration reported for each method in ng/L. Nondetections are reported as
We want to know whether one method has significantly more detections than the other method by analyte. I planned to use the non-parametric sign test because we only want to compare detections. The results for one analyte are shown below. The mean difference shows there are about 10 more detections (0.0667 x 150) in 2437 than in 2033 method.
1) The sign test p-value for 2-sided test is not significant (Prob ≥ |M| 0.0755), while the one-sided test is (Prob ≤ M 0.0378). Also the sum of the one-sided p-values does not equal 1, as in the case of the t-test. Can this be correct?
2) Is there a reference or any information on the Test Statistic M?
3) Is the sign test rather than the t-test or Wilcoxon signed rank test the best approach with all data either 0 or 1? Any suggestions on a better way to do this analysis?
Matched pairs:
Difference: detection2033-detection2437
detection2033 0.18667 t-Ratio -1.98016
detection2437 0.25333 DF 149
Mean Difference -0.0667 Prob > |t| 0.0495
Std Error 0.03367 Prob > t 0.9752
Upper 95% -0.0001 Prob < t 0.0248
Lower 95% -0.1332
N 150
Correlation 0.50774
Sign Test
detection2033-detection2437
Test Statistic M -5.000
Prob ≥ |M| 0.0755
Prob ≥ M 0.9855
Prob ≤ M 0.0378
Wilcoxon Signed Rank
detection2033-detection2437
Test Statistic S -67.500
Prob>|S| 0.0476
Prob>S 0.9762
Prob
