Normal theory likelihood ratio statistic for mean and covariance structure analysis under alternative hypotheses

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1262-1282

  Yuan, Ke Hai ^a   Hayashi, Kentaro ^b   Bentler, Peter M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kolmogorov Smirnov distance; Noncentral chi square distribution; Normal distribution; Quantile quantile plot; Structural model

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047269616     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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