Power approximations to multinomial tests of fit

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 84, Issue 405, 1989, Pages 130-141

  Drost, F C ^a   Kallenberg, W C ^b   Moore, D S ^c   Oosterhoff, J ^d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansions; Goodness of fit; Noncentral chi squared distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001104563     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1989.10478748     Document Type: Article

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