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la prueba F de Levene

English translation: Levene\'s test

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Spanish term or phrase:la prueba F de Levene
English translation:Levene\'s test
Entered by: Lucy Breen

14:44 Feb 20, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics / Results of experiment
Spanish term or phrase: la prueba F de Levene
From a report on the results of an experiment in which rats were / were not deprived on food.

"Dichos índices de tamaño del efecto se evaluaron de acuerdo con los niveles propuestos por Cohen (1988). Se comprobó previamente el cumplimiento del supuesto de homocedasticidad con **la prueba F de Levene** para las variables transversales y se utilizó la F ajustada de Greenhouse-Geisser para las variables de medidas repetidas con más de un grado de libertad."

Levene's F-test?

Target is British English.

Thank you in advance for any help / comments.
Lucy Breen
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:32
Levene's test
Explanation:
It's more common (in English at least) to refer to the test as simply "Levene's test." Some sample sources below.

...for some reason my links aren't working in the link field. pasted here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levene's_test
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/eda35a....

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Note added at 26 mins (2017-02-20 15:11:05 GMT)
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I think the simplest way to explain it is that Levene's test is technically a *type* of F test (an F test is a somewhat generic concept with many different specific cases), but it's not the most common type. If someone refers simply to an F test, they are probably talking about something other than Levene's test. On the other hand, there is only a single test called Levene's test, so referring to it as Levene's F test isn't any more specific.
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Samantha Cook
United States
Local time: 23:32
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Levene's test
Samantha Cook
3Levene's F-test
philgoddard


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Levene's F-test


Explanation:
Not my subject, hence the 3, but Googling appears to confirm this.


    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22+levene%27s+f+test%22+&ie=...
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 43
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Phil. It's not really my field either, hence my confusion. And I have found references to Levene's test and to F-test.

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Levene's test


Explanation:
It's more common (in English at least) to refer to the test as simply "Levene's test." Some sample sources below.

...for some reason my links aren't working in the link field. pasted here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levene's_test
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/eda35a....

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Note added at 26 mins (2017-02-20 15:11:05 GMT)
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I think the simplest way to explain it is that Levene's test is technically a *type* of F test (an F test is a somewhat generic concept with many different specific cases), but it's not the most common type. If someone refers simply to an F test, they are probably talking about something other than Levene's test. On the other hand, there is only a single test called Levene's test, so referring to it as Levene's F test isn't any more specific.

Samantha Cook
United States
Local time: 23:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Samantha. It's not really my field, hence my confusion. And I have found references to Levene's test and to F-test but are they the same?

Asker: Thank you very much Samantha

Asker: Thank you for your help and your very clear explanation of these terms.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Yes. "Levene's F-test" is not wrong but is liable to confuse, because when people say "F-test" they normally mean something different from Levene's test.
37 mins
agree  neilmac
52 mins
agree  Francois Boye: To avoid a technical discussion, let's say that an F-test depends on an F random variable based on dividing two weighted random variables with each other
8 hrs
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