Hotelling's T2 vs. the rank transform with real likert data

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-99

  Nanna, Michael J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditionally distribution free tests; Multivariate tests; Parametric tests; Robustness; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

EID: 18644377212     PISSN: 15389472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22237/jmasm/1020255180     Document Type: Article

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