An improved likelihood ratio test for varying dispersion in exponential family nonlinear models

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-265

  Cysneiros, Audrey H M A ^a   Ferrari, Silvia L P ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA FUNDAMENTAL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bartlett correction; Exponential family; Likelihood ratio test; Nonlinear models; Profile likelihood; Varying dispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344470439     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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