The efficiency of nonparametric trend tests is considered in the randomized block design: For a large number of rank test statistics the projection on the subset of linear rank statistics defines an even uniformly more efficient rank test than the original test statistics.

This book contains 30 selected, refereed papers from an in- ternational conference on bootstrapping and related techni- ques held in Trier 1990. Thepurpose of the book is to in- form about recent research in the area of bootstrap, jack- knife and Monte Carlo Tests. Addressing the novice and the...