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A Levene-type test of homogeneity of variances against ordered alternatives

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  • Philip Pallmann
  • Ludwig Hothorn
  • Gemechis Djira

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Investigations focusing on differences in scale parameters across multiple samples appear in various scientific fields, e.g., when assessing measurement precision. In such cases a natural order of groups often suggests itself, which can be exploited by tests involving ordered alternatives. We propose multiple contrast tests with order-restriction based on robust Levene residuals as a powerful approach to detect scale differences between several groups. The proposed method is applied to a real data set and also extensive simulation is conducted to assess power and robustness against non-normality. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

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  • Philip Pallmann & Ludwig Hothorn & Gemechis Djira, 2014. "A Levene-type test of homogeneity of variances against ordered alternatives," Computational Statistics, Springer, vol. 29(6), pages 1593-1608, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:compst:v:29:y:2014:i:6:p:1593-1608
    DOI: 10.1007/s00180-014-0508-z
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