h2(#description). Description This template will run a Brown-Forsyth test to check the equality of variances among groups. h3(#introduction). Introduction The Brown-Forsyth test is used for checking the equality of the variances among the groups of one variable, in other words it tests the homogeneity of the variances. Equality of group variances is an assumption of the one-way ANOVA test. The base of the test is really similar to the Levene's test, but the Brown-Forsyth test uses the deviations from the group medians instead of the mean (what the Levene's does), thus the Brown-Forsyth test is called more robust. This test has the advantage over the other tests, which are also being used to check the homogeneity (F-test and Bartlett's test), that it does not have a normality assumption, so the variable we investigate do not have to follow a normal distribution. h4(#references). References * Brown, M.~B. and Forsyth, A.~B. (1974). Robust tests for equality of variances. _Journal of the American Statistical Association_, 69:364-367. h3(#result). Result
Method Statistic p-value
hov: Brown-Forsyth 0.3847 0.5353
According to the _Brown-Forsyth test_, the variances of the _Age_ across the groups of _Gender_ does not differs significantly. We can conclude that, because the p-value is higher than 0.05 h4(#references-1). References * Heiberger, Richard M. and Holland, Burt (2004b). _Statistical Analysis and Data Display: An Intermediate Course with Examples in S-Plus, R, and SAS_. h2(#description-1). Description This template will run a Brown-Forsyth test to check the equality of variances among groups. h3(#introduction-1). Introduction The Brown-Forsyth test is used for checking the equality of the variances among the groups of one variable, in other words it tests the homogeneity of the variances. Equality of group variances is an assumption of the one-way ANOVA test. The base of the test is really similar to the Levene's test, but the Brown-Forsyth test uses the deviations from the group medians instead of the mean (what the Levene's does), thus the Brown-Forsyth test is called more robust. This test has the advantage over the other tests, which are also being used to check the homogeneity (F-test and Bartlett's test), that it does not have a normality assumption, so the variable we investigate do not have to follow a normal distribution. h4(#references-2). References * Brown, M.~B. and Forsyth, A.~B. (1974). Robust tests for equality of variances. _Journal of the American Statistical Association_, 69:364-367. h3(#result-1). Result
Method Statistic p-value
hov: Brown-Forsyth 4.681 0.03087
According to the _Brown-Forsyth test_, the variances of the _Internet usage for educational purposes (hours per day)_ across the groups of _Gender_ significantly differs. We can conclude that, because the p-value is smaller than 0.05 h4(#references-3). References * Heiberger, Richard M. and Holland, Burt (2004b). _Statistical Analysis and Data Display: An Intermediate Course with Examples in S-Plus, R, and SAS_. h2(#description-2). Description This template will run a Brown-Forsyth test to check the equality of variances among groups. h3(#introduction-2). Introduction The Brown-Forsyth test is used for checking the equality of the variances among the groups of one variable, in other words it tests the homogeneity of the variances. Equality of group variances is an assumption of the one-way ANOVA test. The base of the test is really similar to the Levene's test, but the Brown-Forsyth test uses the deviations from the group medians instead of the mean (what the Levene's does), thus the Brown-Forsyth test is called more robust. This test has the advantage over the other tests, which are also being used to check the homogeneity (F-test and Bartlett's test), that it does not have a normality assumption, so the variable we investigate do not have to follow a normal distribution. h4(#references-4). References * Brown, M.~B. and Forsyth, A.~B. (1974). Robust tests for equality of variances. _Journal of the American Statistical Association_, 69:364-367. h3(#result-2). Result
Method Statistic p-value
hov: Brown-Forsyth 15.89 2.131e-12
According to the _Brown-Forsyth test_, the variances of the _Internet usage for educational purposes (hours per day)_ across the groups of _How often does your profession require Internet access?_ significantly differs. We can conclude that, because the p-value is smaller than 0.05 h4(#references-5). References * Heiberger, Richard M. and Holland, Burt (2004b). _Statistical Analysis and Data Display: An Intermediate Course with Examples in S-Plus, R, and SAS_.
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