A method to apply the robust estimator of dispersion, Qn, to fully-nested designs in the analysis of variance of microbiological count data

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 206-207

  Hedges, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative trials; Components of variance; Microbial counts; Nested ANOVA; Robust estimation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FOOD CONTROL; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 38049064422     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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