Does the ADF fit function decrease when the kurtosis increases?

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-303

  Olsson, Ulf Henning ^a   Foss, Tron ^a   Troye, Sigurd V ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0242467344     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711003770480057     Document Type: Article

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