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Robustness and Power of Analysis of Covariance Applied to Data Distorted from Normality by Floor Effects: Non-Homogeneous Regression Slopes

Lisa M. Sullivan Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Talbot 3East, Boston, MA, 02118 E-mail: [email protected]
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Ralph B. D'Agostino Statistics and Consulting Unit, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA, 02215
Pages 141-165 | Published online: 29 Oct 2010

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