Hybrid test for the hypothesis of symmetry

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 777-783

  Modarres, Reza ^a   Gastwirth, Joseph L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1542605392     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664769822765     Document Type: Article

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