More on the correct use of omnibus tests for normality

Economics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 304-309

  Poitras, Geoffrey ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Normality test; Omnibus test

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344474564     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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