Some Properties of Preliminary Tests of Equality of Variances in the Two-Sample Location Problem

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-231

  Zimmerman, Donald W ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 1542506210     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221309.1996.9921274     Document Type: Article

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