The impact of sample non-normality on ANOVA and alternative methods

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-244

  Lantz, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84876040696     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: 20448317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.2012.02047.x     Document Type: Article

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