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A nonparametric multiple comparison test for differences in scale parameters

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A nonparametric multiple comparison test for differences in scale parameters is suggested The asymptotic distribution of the test statistic is derived. A modification of the test when the location parameters are unknown and unequal is suggested. This modified test is not asymptotically distribution free for all underlying location-scale families; however, we give sufficient conditions on the families under which the test is asymptotically distribution free.

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  1. Dept of Statistics, Oklahoma State University, 301 Math Sciences Bldg., 74078, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

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Stevens, G. A nonparametric multiple comparison test for differences in scale parameters. Metrika 36, 91–106 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02614081

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