Recommendations for Applying Tests of Equivalence

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Cribbie, Robert A ^a   Gruman, Jamie A ^b   Arpin Cribbie, Chantal A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Equivalence tests; Null hypothesis testing; Student's t; Variance heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PSYCHOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH;

EID: 0348147666     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.10217     Document Type: Article

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