Multiple comparison procedures: The practical solution

American Statistician

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 174-180

  Saville, D J ^a  

^a MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Comparisonwise error rate; Duncan s multiple range test; Experimentwise error rate; Power; Teaching of statistics; Tukey s honest significant difference procedure; Waller Duncan ratio test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345401521     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1990.10475712     Document Type: Article

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