New methods for comparing groups: Strategies for increasing the probability of detecting true differences

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 272-275

  Wilcox, Rand R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothesis testing; Non normality; Robust statistical methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744431509     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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