ABSTRACT
Computer-intensive can sound daunting, but only if it is confused with meaning intensive computer programming (though some facility with writing relatively simple macros or computer programs is necessary). The word intensive refers to the use of available computing power. Such statistics and methods are not new. Randomization tests were discussed by Fisher (1936), but have recently become much more widespread and popular as a direct result of the easy availability of powerful computers (Good, 1994; Manly, 1991, 1997).
