A new graphical test for multivariate normality

American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 5-48

  Romeu, Jorge L ^a   Ozturk, Aydin ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goodness of fit tests; Monte Carlo studies; Multivariate normality; Order statistics; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VECTORS;

MULTIVARIATE NORMALITY TESTS; ORDER STATISTICS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 0030405616     PISSN: 01966324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01966324.1996.10737410     Document Type: Article

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