Applying tests of equivalence for multiple group comparisons: Demonstration of the confidence interval approach

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Rusticus, Shayna A ^a   Lovato, Chris Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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