Shuhany, Elizabeth2017-06-202017-06-2019591959b14672893https://hdl.handle.net/2144/22517Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston UniversityThe Sj-test proposed by Noether [7] is a sequential test of the hypothesis of randomness against the alternative of linear trend, which can be expressed as the hypothesis that the joint distribution of xl, x2, •••, Xn is given by F(x1, x2,...,xn) = F(x1 + i0) [TRUNCATED]en-USBased on investigation of the BU Libraries' staff, this work is free of known copyright restrictions.Sequential analysisSequential testsThesis/Dissertation