Linear contrasts in experimental design with non-identical error distributions

Senoglu B., Tiku M.

BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL, vol.44, no.3, pp.359-374, 2002 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 44 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/1521-4036(200204)44:3<359::aid-bimj359>3.0.co;2-k
  • Journal Name: BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.359-374
  • Keywords: experimental design, non-normality, generalized logistic, modified likelihood, linear contrast, non-identical blocks

Abstract

Estimation of linear contrasts in experimental design, and testing their assumed values, is considered when the error distributions from block to block are not necessarily identical. The normal-theory solutions are shown to have low efficiencies as compared to the solutions presented here.