The problem of constructing fixed-width simultaneous confidence intervals for comparing mean vectors of k( 2) independent multivariate normal distributions is considered when those covariance matrices have the intraclass correlation structures. Two-stage procedures are developed for which the simultaneous confidence levels are shown to be at least 1&:, the preassigned nominal value, 0<:<1. Asymptotic efficiency properties are addressed. In the case of fixed and finite initial sample size, efficiency related issues are also discussed.
Academic PressAMS 1991 subject classifications: 62L05, 62H99, 62J15.