Tukey test
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- noun
- /ˈtuːki tɛst/
- Specialized
- The Tukey test was further applied to the post-treatment data to compare the mean performance scores of the experimental groups.
- Tukey test indicated
- Tukey test revealed significant
- post-hoc Tukey test
Examples
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A Tukey test revealed significant differences in body-esteem scores between grades one and five and between grades three and five.
Academic text (1996) -
The Tukey test for comparing means was then applied to the data.
Academic text (1992) -
The Tukey test was used to establish the years producing such differences.
Academic text (2011) -
A post-hoc Tukey test was used to find the significantly different comparisons.
Academic text (1990) -
A Tukey test demonstrated that significant differences exist in gender-role orientation scores between grades one and three and between grades three and five.
Academic text (1996) -
T-tests were used to determine differences between group opinions, and ANOVA and Tukey tests were used to determine the sources of the differences.
Academic text (2011) -
Tukey tests were administered to the data for the statements with multiple responses, and chi-square tests were administered to the results of yes-no questions.
Academic text (1996) -
Follow-up tests (LSD and the Tukey Test) showed that the emotional intelligence of the low GPA students was less than that of both of the other GPA intervals.
Academic text (2012) -
The Tukey test was applied to identify which specific group means differed among the samples.
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Researchers used a Tukey test to compare the average temperatures recorded in different locations.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Tukey + test
A B1 learner who knows 'test' and recognizes 'Tukey' as a proper name can infer that this is a type of test named after a person, but they cannot derive the specific statistical purpose (post-ANOVA multiple comparisons) from the constituents alone. The expression is partly compositional (test = assessment) but relies on domain-specific knowledge of the eponym, so the meaning is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Tukey test is named after the American statistician John Tukey, who created a simple way to check which groups are different after an ANOVA. So the name refers to a method 'to compare group means' and find which groups differ.