Oneway analysis of variance makes the assumption that the variances of
the groups are equal.
Brown and Forsyth, 1974 present the recommended test of this assumption.
The Brown and Forsyth test statistic is the $F$ statistic resulting
from an ordinary one-way analysis of variance on the
absolute deviations from the median.
Usage
hov(x, data = sys.parent(), method = "bf") ## x is a formula
## users will normally use the formula above and will not call the
## method directly.
hov.bf(x, group, ## x is the response variable
y.name = deparse(substitute(x)),
group.name = deparse(substitute(group)))
Arguments
x
Formula appropriate for oneway anova in hov.
Response variable in hov.bf.
data
data.frame
method
Character string defining method. At this time the only
recognized method is "bf" for the Brown--Forsyth method.
group
factor.
y.name
name of response variable,
defaults to variable name in formula.
group.name
name of factor, defaults to variable name in
formula.
Value
"htest" object for the hov test.
References
Heiberger, Richard M. and Holland, Burt (2004b).
Statistical Analysis and Data Display: An Intermediate Course
with Examples in S-Plus, R, and SAS.
Springer Texts in Statistics. Springer.
ISBN 0-387-40270-5.
Brown, M.~B. and Forsyth, A.~B. (1974).
Robust tests for equality of variances.
Journal of the American Statistical Association, 69:364--367.