The harmonic mean and Kramer (1956) unequal n forms of the Tukey multiple comparison statistic were investigated for Monte Carlo Type I and Type II errors under conditions of assumption violations. The two major questions concerning the sensitivity of multiple comparison statistics for different types of pairwise contrasts and the affect of…

Comparisons of the Wilcoxon test, Friedman test, and repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) on ranks in a computer simulation show that the Friedman test performs like the sign test whereas the ANOVA performs like the Wilcoxon test. Classification of these tests in introductory statistics textbooks should be revised. (SLD)

Conventional methods used for the presentation of pre- and post statistical information generally are deficient in economy and compactness and fail to show internal movement from pre- to posttest. This technique precludes these shortcomings through the presentation of information in a highly visible manner which reveals the strata of internal…