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Effects of non-normality on the power function in a one-way random model

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The effects of non-normality on type-I and type-II errors in a one-way random model are investigated for moderate departures from normality. It is found that the probabilities of both errors are more sensitive to the kurtosis of between group effects than that of within group effects.

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  1. Project Directorate on Cattle, PH 7 Pallavpuram Modipuram, 250-110, Meerut, India

    R. A. Singhal

  2. Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, 00936, San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S.A.

    H. Sahai

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Singhal, R.A., Sahai, H. Effects of non-normality on the power function in a one-way random model. Statistical Papers 35, 113–125 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02926405

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