Multivariate tests of means in independent groups designs: Effects of Covariance Heterogeneity and Nonnormality

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-69

  Lix, Lisa M ^a   Keselman, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assumption violations; Multivariate; Robust tests; Two group designs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; COVARIANCE; EVALUATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMETRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842263126     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278703261213     Document Type: Article

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