How to keep the Type I Error Rate in ANOVA if Variances are Heteroscedastic
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https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v36i3.329Abstract
One essential prerequisite to ANOVA is homogeneity of variances in underlying populations. Violating this assumption may lead to an increased type I error rate. The reason for this undesirable effect is due to the calculation of the corresponding F-value. A slightly different test statistic keeps the level ®. The underlying distribution of this alternative method is Hotelling’s T2. As Hotelling’s T2 can be approximated by a Fisher’s F-distribution, this alternative test is very similar to an ordinary analysis of variance.References
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