An appraisal and bibliography of tests for multivariate normality

International Statistical Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-138

  Mecklin, Christopher J ^a   Mundfrom, Daniel J ^b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical characteristic function; Goodness of fit; Multivariate normality; Skewness and kurtosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042587293     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2004.tb00228.x     Document Type: Review

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