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  • 1.  Multiple Comparisons vs. Homogeneous Subsets in SPSS Oneway ANOVA

    Posted Tue February 28, 2023 03:57 PM
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    Hello. I'm getting discrepant results between Multiple Comparisons vs. Homogeneous Subsets. In one case (attached) ambiverts appear not to be different from undifferentiated (p. 124) in Multiple Comparisons but the Homogeneous Subsets suggest otherwise. I have other examples. Any ideas? Thanks. 



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    Donald Sharpe
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  • 2.  RE: Multiple Comparisons vs. Homogeneous Subsets in SPSS Oneway ANOVA

    Posted Tue February 28, 2023 04:52 PM

    Hi. I have forwarded this to the statistical group. I'm by no means an expert, but wonder if at least part of the answer is found in the footnote about Type I error rates not being guaranteed.



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    Rick Marcantonio
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    IBM
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  • 3.  RE: Multiple Comparisons vs. Homogeneous Subsets in SPSS Oneway ANOVA

    Posted Tue February 28, 2023 04:55 PM

    A statistician responded:

    "The HSD pairwise comparisons use a function of just the two sample sizes involved in each pairwise comparison, while (as noted in the footnote) the homogeneous subsets calculations use a common value based on the harmonic mean of all of the group sample sizes. The formulas are in Appendix G in the algorithms manual."



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    Rick Marcantonio
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    IBM
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  • 4.  RE: Multiple Comparisons vs. Homogeneous Subsets in SPSS Oneway ANOVA

    Posted Tue February 28, 2023 05:59 PM

    Thanks! I guessed it had something to do with sample size. Best. 



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    Donald Sharpe
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  • 5.  RE: Multiple Comparisons vs. Homogeneous Subsets in SPSS Oneway ANOVA

    Posted Wed March 01, 2023 11:55 AM

    His additional response to your other question:

    "My understanding is that the Tukey-Kramer approach (which is what you get with the pairwise comparisons when the sample sizes are unequal) has markedly better Type I error protection properties than does the homogenous subsets approach with harmonic means when sample sizes are unequal. So no, what I've read would go the other way."



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    Rick Marcantonio
    Quality Assurance
    IBM
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