- PII
- S0205-95920000617-5-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S20000617-5-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Abstract
- Conditions for Student T-Test and Mann-Whitney U-Test - the most popular methods of shift in central tendencies evaluation - application are analyzed in the article. Effects of violation of the given conditions are estimated by Monte-Carlo method, i.e. by random numbers with corresponding distribution modeling, forming of samples by means of theirs testing and evaluation of frequency of type I errors when using these tests. Recommendations on appropriate test choosing are given.
- Keywords
- statistical methods, conditions of applicability, Student T-Test, Mann–Whitney U-Test
- Date of publication
- 03.01.2011
- Year of publication
- 2011
- Number of purchasers
- 1
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- 652