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One reads lots of things in many places, some of which conflict!

Probably best if a proper statistician answer (I am not!)

Rik

Stephen J. Fromm wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:35:55 +0000, Rik Henson <rik.henson@MRC-
> CBU.CAM.AC.UK> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>   
>> The question is not
>> whether the df's are "correct", but how (and whether) you want to
>> partition that error into different components for each ANOVA effect
>> (with each component having different df's).
>>     
>
>
> Rik,
>
> Is this really valid, though?  The texts I have on ANOVA state that using 
> pooled errors in such designs is invalid unless one can show the relevant 
> interactions are not significant (at some rather high p-level, like 0.2).
>
> Best,
>
> S
>
>   
>> Best wishes
>> Rik
>>
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                 Dr Richard Henson
         MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit
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                   Cambridge
                  CB2 7EF, UK

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