A test for elliptical symmetry

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-281

  Huffer, Fred W ^a   Park, Cheolyong ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bootstrap approximation; Chi square test; Elliptically contoured distribution; Multivariate normality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750495195     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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