The operating characteristics of the nonparametric Levene test for equal variances with assessment and evaluation data

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Nordstokke, David W ^a   Zumbo, Bruno D ^b   Cairns, Sharon L ^a   Saklofske, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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