One-Way Random Effects Model For Asymmetric Trimmed Means

There are two very important concerns for the random effects model. The first concern being the assumption of equal variances of groups and the second concern is assuming normality. Violations of these result in unsatisfactory Type I errors and considerable loss of power. Jeyaratnam-Othman (1985)...

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Main Author: Chin, Ee Laine
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Language:English
Published: 2019
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description There are two very important concerns for the random effects model. The first concern being the assumption of equal variances of groups and the second concern is assuming normality. Violations of these result in unsatisfactory Type I errors and considerable loss of power. Jeyaratnam-Othman (1985) addresses the first concern in dealing with unequal variances while assuming normality. Wilcox in 1994 continued the study by suggesting a generalization on Jeyaratnam-Othman’s procedure based on symmetric trimmed means. The procedure resulted in significant gain in power but was unsatisfactory for skewed distributions with unequal group sizes. This research replaces Wilcox’s symmetric trimmed means with asymmetric ones aiming to obtain good, if not, better Type I errors. Two hinge estimators by Reed and Stark (1996), Q1 and Q2, were employed to obtain the asymmetric trimmed means for this research. Simulations were carried out for Jeyaratnam-Othman (1985), Wilcox (1994) and the two proposed procedures for a four-group design subjected to different data distributions. Good control of Type I errors was evident for both proposed procedures for balanced designs with values ranging from 0.026 to 0.082. Good power averaging 0.782 was also obtained. However, power and Type I errors for the unbalanced design were very unsatisfactory.
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spelling usm-557452022-11-24T04:02:08Z http://eprints.usm.my/55745/ One-Way Random Effects Model For Asymmetric Trimmed Means Chin, Ee Laine LC5800-5808 Distance education. There are two very important concerns for the random effects model. The first concern being the assumption of equal variances of groups and the second concern is assuming normality. Violations of these result in unsatisfactory Type I errors and considerable loss of power. Jeyaratnam-Othman (1985) addresses the first concern in dealing with unequal variances while assuming normality. Wilcox in 1994 continued the study by suggesting a generalization on Jeyaratnam-Othman’s procedure based on symmetric trimmed means. The procedure resulted in significant gain in power but was unsatisfactory for skewed distributions with unequal group sizes. This research replaces Wilcox’s symmetric trimmed means with asymmetric ones aiming to obtain good, if not, better Type I errors. Two hinge estimators by Reed and Stark (1996), Q1 and Q2, were employed to obtain the asymmetric trimmed means for this research. Simulations were carried out for Jeyaratnam-Othman (1985), Wilcox (1994) and the two proposed procedures for a four-group design subjected to different data distributions. Good control of Type I errors was evident for both proposed procedures for balanced designs with values ranging from 0.026 to 0.082. Good power averaging 0.782 was also obtained. However, power and Type I errors for the unbalanced design were very unsatisfactory. 2019-10 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/55745/1/CHIN_EE_LAINE_2019_MASTERS%20cut.pdf Chin, Ee Laine (2019) One-Way Random Effects Model For Asymmetric Trimmed Means. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle LC5800-5808 Distance education.
Chin, Ee Laine
One-Way Random Effects Model For Asymmetric Trimmed Means
title One-Way Random Effects Model For Asymmetric Trimmed Means
title_full One-Way Random Effects Model For Asymmetric Trimmed Means
title_fullStr One-Way Random Effects Model For Asymmetric Trimmed Means
title_full_unstemmed One-Way Random Effects Model For Asymmetric Trimmed Means
title_short One-Way Random Effects Model For Asymmetric Trimmed Means
title_sort one-way random effects model for asymmetric trimmed means
topic LC5800-5808 Distance education.
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