Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Zhang, Yan URN etd-04202009-145923 Title THE IMPACT OF MIDBRAIN CAUTERIZE SIZE ON AUDITORY AND VISUAL RESPONSES’ DISTRIBUTION Degree Master of Science Department Mathematics and Statistics Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Yu-Sheng Hsu Committee Chair Sarah. L. Pallas Committee Member Xu Zhang Committee Member Keywords
- Fisher’s Exact Test
- Permutation Test
- Pearson Chi-square Test
- Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test
- Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test
- Frequency Test
- MANOVA
Date of Defense 2009-04-16 Availability unrestricted Abstract This thesis presents several statistical analysis on a cooperative project with Dr. Pallas and Yuting Mao from Biology Department of Georgia State University. This research concludes the impact of cauterize size of animals’ midbrain on auditory and visual response in brains. Besides some already commonly used statistical analysis method, such as MANOVA and Frequency Test, a unique combination of Permutation Test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test and Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test is applied to our non-parametric data. Some simulation results show the Permutation Test we used has very good powers, and fits the need for this study. The result confirms part of the Biology Department’s hypothesis statistically and enhances more complete understanding of the experiments and the potential impact of helping patients with Acquired Brain Injury.Files
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