Studentized range statistic

(symbol: q) a statistic used in Tukey’s honestly significant difference test and other multiple comparison tests to establish critical values for rejecting the null hypothesis. It is the range of a sample expressed in units of the standard distribution for that sample. [Student, pseudonym of William S. Gosset]

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statistical stability

statistical stability

consistency of results across samples, study designs, and analyses. A meta-analysis may be used to examine the stability of means, correlations, and other parameter estimates obtained from different studies of the same population. See also stability coefficient.