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Designing Tests for Better Comparisons

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Basic Business Statistics

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The two-sample tests of Class 7 are not always the best choice. Often, specially designed experiments can be more informative at a lower cost (i.e., smaller sample size). As one might expect, using these more sophisticated procedures introduces trade-offs, but the costs are typically small relative to the gain in information.

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Foster, D.P., Stine, R.A., Waterman, R.P. (1997). Designing Tests for Better Comparisons. In: Basic Business Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2717-3_8

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