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Peer reviewedMessick, David M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
Formulae and graphs are presented allowing computation of the variances of three prototypical distributions over a finite number of categories. The uses of the variances of the maximum variance distribution, the uniform distribution and a unimodal triangular distribution to make inferences about distribution shapes are shown in several examples.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Hypothesis Testing, Responses, Statistical Analysis
Peer reviewedYost, Michael – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1988
Even the application of such mainstays of the institutional researcher's statistical tool kit as the t test and ANOVA is not always as straightforward as it seems. The researcher must first check to see that the underlying methodological and statistical assumptions are being met. (Author)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Research Methodology
