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Non-parametric test based on ranks.

Usage

performFlignerKilleenTest(model, data, group)

Details

Absolute residuals are ranked after adjusting for group medians. The statistic approximates a chi-square distribution with \(k-1\) degrees of freedom.

Arguments

model

an object of class lm.

data

data frame used to fit model.

group

name of the grouping variable.

Value

An object of class htest containing the chi-squared statistic, p-value and degrees of freedom.

References

Fligner, M. A., & Killeen, T. J. (1976). Distribution-free two-sample tests for scale. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 71(353), 210–213.

Examples

 data(mtcars)
 mtcars$cyl <- factor(mtcars$cyl)
 m <- lm(mpg ~ wt, data = mtcars)
 performFlignerKilleenTest(m, mtcars, "cyl")
#> 
#> 	Fligner-Killeen test for homogeneity of variances
#> 
#> data:  mpg ~ wt
#> X-squared = 4.5639, = 2, p-value = 0.1021
#>