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ANOVA with variables with known (but arbitrary) conditional dependencies

I have a dataset with the following properties: k > 2 groups normally distributed differing variance and sample size between groups non-independent samples within each group continuous variable ...
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What does it mean for tests to be independent?

When reading about cumulation if type-1 Error, the sentence "for independent statistical tests" occures alot, now I was wondering what this is actually means. Since tests are also random ...
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Bootstrap method for chi squared test of independence

I really need some advice about using the chi-squared test of independence. I want to use the bootstrap-chi-squared method for conditional independence testing. The problem is that the DOF is really ...
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Tests with null hypothesis of dependence

Let's say I have a set of variables $\mathbf{V}$ and I want to study conditional dependence between two of them $A, B\in \mathbf{V}$ by conditioning on a set $\mathbf{Z}\subseteq\mathbf{V}$. In other ...
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bayesian network conditional independence test

In the book: Bayesian Networks With Examples in R, the author does this independence test: As I see it, this works both ways, we test if travel is independent of education likewise if education is ...
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Testing for conditional independence: What's the correct way?

My goal is to check if two variables $X$ and $Y$ are conditionally independent given $Z$. For simplicity, let's assume the joint distribution is multivariate normal. In this case, we can compute ...
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