The effects of type i error rate and power of the ancova f test and selected alternatives under nonnormality and variance heterogeneity

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 373-391

  Rheinheimer, David C ^a   Penfield, Douglas A ^b  

^a EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANCOVA; Monte Carlo simulations; Nonparametrics; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035535103     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220970109599493     Document Type: Article

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