Quantifying bimodality part I: An easily implemented method using SPSS

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 157-166

  Frankland, Bradley W ^a   Zumbo, Bruno D ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bimodality; Mixture modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 18644365209     PISSN: 15389472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22237/jmasm/1020255780     Document Type: Review

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