Inferences on Correlation Coefficients in Some Classes of Nonnormal Distributions

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 230-248

  Yuan, Ke Hai ^a   Bentler, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation coefficients; Fisher's z transformation; Kurtosis; Pseudo elliptical distributions; Skewness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000605350     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmva.1999.1858     Document Type: Article

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