A simple and effective decision rule for choosing a significance test to protect against non-normality

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 388-409

  Zimmerman, Donald W ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80053547370     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: 20448317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711010X524739     Document Type: Article

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