Robustness and power of analysis of covariance applied to data distorted from normality by floor effects: Non-homogeneous regression slopes

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-165

  Sullivan, Lisa M ^a   D'Agostino Sr , Ralph B ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANCOVA; Floor effects; Non homogeneous slopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036289133     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949650212141     Document Type: Article

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