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2005

Power

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Full-Text Articles in Applied Statistics

Misconceptions Leading To Choosing The T Test Over The Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney Test For Shift In Location Parameter, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky Nov 2005

Misconceptions Leading To Choosing The T Test Over The Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney Test For Shift In Location Parameter, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

There exist many misconceptions in choosing the t over the Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test when testing for shift. Examples are given in the following three groups: (1) false statement, (2) true premise, but false conclusion, and (3) true statement irrelevant in choosing between the t test and the Wilcoxon Rank Sum test.


Power Of The T Test For Normal And Mixed Normal Distributions, Marilyn S. Thompson, Samuel B. Green, Yi-Hsin Chen, Shawn Stockford, Wen-Juo Lo Nov 2005

Power Of The T Test For Normal And Mixed Normal Distributions, Marilyn S. Thompson, Samuel B. Green, Yi-Hsin Chen, Shawn Stockford, Wen-Juo Lo

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Previous research suggests that the power of the independent-samples t test decreases when population distributions are mixed normal rather than normal, and that robust methods have superior power under these conditions. However, under some conditions, the power for the independent-samples t test can be greater when the population distributions for the independent groups are mixed normal rather than normal. The implications of these results are discussed.


Sample Size Selection For Pair-Wise Comparisons Using Information Criteria, Xuemei Pan, C. Mitchell Dayton Nov 2005

Sample Size Selection For Pair-Wise Comparisons Using Information Criteria, Xuemei Pan, C. Mitchell Dayton

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

This article provides results for rates of correct identifications of paired-comparison information criteria and Tukey HSD as functions of the pattern of mean differences and of sample size. Therefore, the tables provided are useful for selecting sample sizes in real world applications.