On Testing for Variance Effects
- 1 December 1990
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Teaching of Psychology
- Vol. 17 (4) , 255-256
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15328023top1704_15
Abstract
There are compelling reasons to include a discussion of tests for differences between group variances in statistics textbooks. It is important to test for heterogeneity of variance when conducting the t test and the analysis of variance (ANOVA) as well as to test hypotheses about differences between variances as the result of experimental treatment. A survey of 18 introductory statistics textbooks revealed that few cover heterogeneity of variance and that none gives it adequate coverage.Keywords
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