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A Nonparametric Test for Scale in Univariate Population Setup
by
Samuel Dolo
University of Mississippi
Coauthors: Pamela F. Smith, Dr. Sunil Mathur
We propose a new test for the equality of the variances of two populations. We compare the power using Monte Carlo simulation technique with Siegel-Tukey test (1960), and Levene’s test (1960). Simulation studies show that the proposed test performs better then the Siegel-Tukey’s test, and the Levene’s test under almost all the considered distributions in the study. We calculated the asymptotic relative efficiency of the proposed test and found to be good under non-normal cases. We applied the proposed test to given data to show the working of the test.
Date received: October 11, 2005
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