Two-Sample Dispersion Tests for Interval-Valued Data

The two-sample dispersion testing problem is considered. Two generalizations of the Sukhatme test for interval-valued data are proposed. These two versions correspond to different possible views on the interval outcomes of the experiment: the epistemic or the ontic one. Each view yields its own approach to data analysis which results in a different test construction and the way of carrying on the statistical inference.

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