%0 Journal Article %A Pardo Llorente, Julio Ángel %A Pardo Llorente, María del Carmen %A Vicente, M.L. %A Esteban, M.D. %T A statistical information theory approach to compare the homogeneity of several variances %D 1997 %@ 0167-9473 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/57815 %X On the basis of the informational energy an alternative test of homogeneity of variances in samples from normal populations is developed. In addition, several of the more well-known statistics for performing this type of analysis and the new test proposed here are compared in a Monte Carlo study. %~