Testing equality of means after a preliminary test of equality of variances
方差相等预检验后的均值相等检验
In testing equality of means of two Normal populations Student's t -test is not generally applicable when the variances of the two populations may be unequal and their ratio is unknown. In the present paper several procedures are considered whereby a preliminary test is performed to ascertain whether or not the variances may be regarded as equal. On the basis of the outcome of this preliminary test one proceeds to test for equality of means. The optimal choice of the level…