Modification of Malinowski's F-test for pseudo rank estimation revisited

Using recently published examples, two main theoretical advantages of a rec ently proposed modification of Malinowski's F-test are illustrated, i.e., ( 1) sharper significance levels are obtained, and (2) the new test statistic better approaches a value of one under the null-hypothesis. A serious prac tical drawback of the modification, namely that it is more complicated than the original test, is alleviated by supplying carefully documented Matlab code. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.