The unequal variance t-test is an underused alternative to Student's t-test and the Mann–Whitney U test

Behavioral Ecology - Tập 17 Số 4 - Trang 688-690 - 2006
Graeme D. Ruxton1
1Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology; Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences; Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ United Kingdom

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