A study of resampling methods for testing equality of means in paired population

Abstract

The goal of this study is to compare the resampling methods including bootstrap and permutation tests against classical methods for paired samples. A simulation study was conducted to see the performance of both parametric and nonparametric methods under various assumptions such as non-normal populations and small or large sample sizes. The results of the simulation study are with respect to type I error and power of the test.

Keywords:

• permutation test
• bootstrap sampling
• paired t-test

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.