Two separate effects of variance heterogeneity on the validity and power of significance tests of location

Statistical Methodology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-374

  Zimmerman, Donald W ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity of variance; Homogeneity of variance; Nonparametric test; Normal scores; Power; Skewed distribution; Student t test; Symmetric distribution; Type I error; Type II error; Van der Waerden test; Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748707367     PISSN: 15723127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stamet.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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