The new and improved two-sample T test.
Psychol Sci
; 15(1): 47-51, 2004 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-14717831
ABSTRACT
This article considers the problem of comparing two independent groups in terms of some measure of location. It is well known that with Student's two-independent-sample t test, the actual level of significance can be well above or below the nominal level, confidence intervals can have inaccurate probability coverage, and power can be low relative to other methods. A solution to deal with heterogeneity is Welch's (1938) test. Welch's test deals with heteroscedasticity but can have poor power under arbitrarily small departures from normality. Yuen (1974) generalized Welch's test to trimmed means; her method provides improved control over the probability of a Type I error, but problems remain. Transformations for skewness improve matters, but the probability of a Type I error remains unsatisfactory in some situations. We find that a transformation for skewness combined with a bootstrap method improves Type I error control and probability coverage even if sample sizes are small.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Modelos Psicológicos
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Psychol Sci
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2004
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Article
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Canadá