Comparing the “Typical Score” Across Independent Groups Based on Different Criteria for Trimming
Nonnormality and variance heterogeneity affect the validity of the traditional tests for treatment group equality (e.g. ANOVA F-test and t-test), particularly when group sizes are unequal. Adopting trimmed means instead of the usual least squares estimator has been shown to be mostly affective in c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2006
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Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/3115/1/Comparing_the_%E2%80%9CTypical_Score%E2%80%9D_Across_Independent_Groups_Base.pdf |
Summary: | Nonnormality and variance heterogeneity affect the validity of the traditional tests for treatment group equality (e.g. ANOVA F-test and t-test), particularly when group sizes are unequal. Adopting trimmed means instead of the usual least
squares estimator has been shown to be mostly affective in combating the deleterious effects of nonnormality. |
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