An Application of the Runs Test to Test for Randomness of Observations Obtained from a Clinical Survey in an Ordered Population

Runs test is a statistical procedure which determines whether a sequence of data within a given distribution have been derived with a random process or not. It may be applied to test the randomness of data in a survey that collect data from an ordered population. This article illustrates on method to perform a runs test and explains the rationale for performing it by providing some examples of how this test can be applied. The aim of this...