The analysis of variance (ANOVA) F test is a commonly used method to test the mean equality among two or more populations. A critical assumption of ANOVA is homogeneity of variance (HOV), that is, the compared groups have equal variances. Although it is encouraged to test HOV as part of the regular ANOVA procedure, the efficacy of the initial HOV…

Single-case design is a repeated-measures research approach for the study of the effect of an intervention, and its importance is increasingly being recognized in education and psychology. We propose a Bayesian approach for estimating intervention effects in SCD. A Bayesian inference does not rely on large sample theories and thus is particularly…