This appendix contains the results obtained from the analysis of variance described in chapter three using " driver " as the second factor.

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is one of the most frequently used statistical methods in medical research. The need for ANOVA arises from the error of alpha level inflation, which increases Type 1 error probability (false positive) and is caused by multiple comparisons. ANOVA uses the statistic F, which is the ratio of between and within group variances. The main interest of analysis is focused o...

We report on the analysis of archival ASCA, ROSAT and BeppoSAX data of PSR B1055−52, PSR B0656+14 and Geminga, performed in order to investigate the reality of the putative ∼ 10–20 arcmin wide X-ray pulsar-wind nebulae recently proposed to exist around these pulsars. In all these cases, the ROSAT and/or BeppoSAX data show that the diffuse and clumpy X-ray nebulae found by ASCA can be resolved i...