A nonparametric dispersion test for unreplicated two-level fractional factorial designs

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 699-714

  McGrath, Richard N ^a   Lin, Dennis K J ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Fractional factorial; Nonparametric; Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036905739     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250215319     Document Type: Article

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