Solutions to the Behrens-Fisher problem

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-263

  Reed III, James F ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behrens Fisher problem; Robust tests; Trimming; Two sample t tests; Winsorizing

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DATA ACQUISITION; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); TEXTBOOKS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STUDENT T TEST;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0037359674     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(02)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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