Tests of independence and zero correlations among P random variables

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-193

  Wilcox, Rand R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gupta Rathie method; Robust correlation

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM ERRORS;

CORRELATION MATRIX; ERROR PROBABILITIES; GUPTUM-RATHIE METHOD; NON-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ROBUST CORRELATION; SAMPLE SIZES; TEST OF INDEPENDENCES; TYPE-I ERROR; ZERO CORRELATION;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

EID: 0031522725     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710390206     Document Type: Article

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