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Comment on Levy’s “An Empirical Comparison of the Z-variance and Box-Scheffé Tests for Homogeneity of Variance”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Charles G. Martin
Charles G. Martin*
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Dr. Charles G. Martin, Personnel Research and Development Center, U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. 20415. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the U. S. Civil Service Commission.
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Abstract

An alternative selection of subsample sizes for the Box-Scheffé test is compared to the single m used in Levy, “An empirical comparison of the Z-variance and Box-Scheffé tests for homogeneity of variance.” Use of the alternative subsample sizes is shown to suggest greater power for the Box-Scheffé test, although the test would still be less powerful than the Z-variance test. Because of the nonrobustness of the Z-variance test and the robustness of the Box-Scheffé test, the latter is recommended as a general technique unless an experimenter has assurance that all populations in the experiment are normal. Alternative techniques are also considered.

Keywords

variance testingtests of dispersionanalysis of variance
Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , December 1976 , pp. 551 - 556
Copyright
Copyright © 1976 The Psychometric Society

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The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the U. S. Civil Service Commission.

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