On the asymptotic distributions of two statistics for two-level covariance structure models within the class of elliptical distributions

Psychometrika

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 437-457

  Yuan, Ke Hai ^a   Bentler, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Elliptical distribution; Likelihood ratio statistic; Rescaled statistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344302064     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02295645     Document Type: Article

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