Improved statistics for contrasting means of two samples under non-normality

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-40

  Xu, Jin ^a   Cui, Xinping ^b   Gupta, Arjun K ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 65549143777     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711007X246246     Document Type: Article

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