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This chapter describes statistical methods to test for differences between means or other measures of central tendency of 2 or more populations. Parametric tests and nonparametric tests are included. Methods for pairwise comparisons when more than 2 groups are being compared are included.
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Berman, N. (2007). Comparison of Means. In: Ambrosius, W.T. (eds) Topics in Biostatistics. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 404. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-530-5_7
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