Data-driven smooth tests when the hypothesis is composite

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 439, 1997, Pages 1094-1104

  Kallenberg, Wilbert C M ^a   Ledwina, Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Goodness of fit; Monte Carlo study; Neyman's test; Schwarz's BIC criterion

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744458278     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1997.10474065     Document Type: Article

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