A likelihood ratio test and its modifications for the homogeneity of the covariance matrices of dependent multivariate normals

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-111

  Jiang, Guoyong ^a   Sarkar, Sanat K ^b   Hsuan, Francis ^b  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability bioequivalence; Correction factor; Iterative computations; Linearly patterned covariance matrices; Maximum likelihood estimation; Method of scoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037577770     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(99)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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