Multiple contrast tests in the presence of heteroscedasticity

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 793-800

  Hasler, Mario ^a   Hothorn, Ludwig A ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Familywise error rate; Heteroscedasticity; Multiple contrast tests; Multivariate t distribution; Simultaneous confidence intervals

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERROR ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CONTRAST TESTS; CORRELATION MATRIX; DISTRIBUTED DATA; FAMILYWISE ERROR RATE; HETEROSCEDASTICITY; MULTIPLE CONTRAST TEST; MULTIVARIATE T DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLE VARIANCE; SIMULTANEOUS CONFIDENCE INTERVALS;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 51649101445     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200710466     Document Type: Article

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