Tanıl, Halil2020-12-012020-12-0120191303-59912618-6470https://doi.org/10.31801/cfsuasmas.443648https://app.trdizin.gov.tr//makale/TXpjM05URXlNZz09https://hdl.handle.net/11454/67022Assume that only the lists of upper k-records and lower k-records of a Önite sequence are available and the existence of a monotonic trend in location is interested in. in this study, a distribution-free test based on the di§erence between the numbers of upper and lower k-records is proposed for this situation. the exact and asymptotic distributions of the proposed test statistic are obtained for a random continuous sequence which is independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.). Also, a comparison between the proposed test and some well-known distribution-free tests is made in terms of empirical powers.en10.31801/cfsuasmas.443648info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess0-BelirlenecekArticle68198110