Wilcoxon test after Levene's transformation can have an inflated type I error rate

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 3 II, 2004, Pages 1419-1420

  Neuhäuser, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 4644332710     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.3c.1419-1420     Document Type: Review

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