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Approximate transformation trimmed mean methods to the test of simple linear regression slope equality

Wei-Ming Luh Institute of Education, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Jiin-Huarng Guo Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chinese Air Force Academy, Taiwan, Republic of China
Pages 843-857 | Published online: 02 Aug 2010

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