Access Type

Open Access Dissertation

Date of Award

1-1-2010

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Department

Education Evaluation and Research

First Advisor

Shlomo Sawilowsky

Abstract

ABSTRACT

CRITICAL VALUES FOR THE TWO INDEPENDENT SAMPLES WINSORIZED T TEST

by

PIPER A. FARRELL-SINGLETON

AUGUST 2010

Advisor: Dr. Shlomo Sawilowsky

Major: (Education, Evaluation and Research)

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Through Monte Carlo Simulation, this study explores the approximate behavior of the two sample winsorized t test. Samples are drawn from the normal population and symetrically winsorized up to 20%. The two independent samples winsorized t test is then calculated on each sample using Monte Carlo methods using 1,000,000 iterations. The t values are then sorted from low to high and the critical values for both one and two tailed tests identified at the 95th, 97.5th, 99th and 99.5th percentiles. A table of critical values is then created, which represents the approximate distribution of the winsorized t statistic.

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