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672 Statistical Details Appendix A<br />

The Usual Assumptions<br />

Figure A.4 Comparison of Effects Tests for Nominal <strong>and</strong> Ordinal Fits<br />

The least squares means are also different. The nominal LSMs are not all estimable, but the ordinal LSMs<br />

are. You can verify the values by looking at the cell means. Note that the A*B LSMs are the same for the two.<br />

Figure A.5 shows least squares means for an nominal <strong>and</strong> ordinal fits.<br />

Figure A.5 Least Squares Means for Nominal <strong>and</strong> Ordinal Fits<br />

The Usual Assumptions<br />

Before you put your faith in statistics, reassure yourself that you know both the value <strong>and</strong> the limitations of<br />

the techniques you use. Statistical methods are just tools—they cannot guard you from incorrect science<br />

(invalid statistical assumptions) or bad data.

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