The Fisher-Pitman permutation test when testing for differences in mean and variance

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 189-194

  Neuhäuser, Markus ^a   Manly, Bryan F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 2342655763     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.1.189-194     Document Type: Article

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