“…Resting upon basic ideas outlined by Halperin and colleagues Halperin et al (1955), Ott published his pioneering ANOM paper (Ott, 1967, reprinted in Ott (1983) in which he coined the phrase 'analysis of means'. Various extensions have been proposed since then, and ANOM has been adopted to match with a variety of experimental designs, randomization structures, and data types (e.g., Schilling, 1973a,b;Enrick, 1976;Subramani, 1992). Well-written and concise overviews of ANOM methodology are available e.g., Ramig's synopsis of applications Ramig (1983), Rao's review article Rao (2005), and the textbook by Nelson Nelson et al (2005).…”