Impact of sample size and variability on the power and type I error rates of equivalence tests: A simulation study

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1-10

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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