A survey of nonparametric tests for scale

1 January 1976

journal article
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Published by Taylor & Francis in Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Vol. 5 (14) , 1287-1312
https://doi.org/10.1080/03610927608827443

Abstract

A surrey of nonparametric tests for scale is presented. Some parametric procedures are also presented for the purpose of comparison. Suggestions on which procedures to use in various situations are given. Both 2-sample and c-sample tests are included

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