The Cholesky approach: A cautionary note

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-69

  Loehlin, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesky; multivariate behavior genetic analysis; simplex; triangular decomposition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DECOMPOSITION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030030722     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02361160     Document Type: Article

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