A Kolmogorov-Smirnov type test for skew normal distributions based on the empirical moment generating function

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2681-2688

  Meintanis, Simos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Empirical moment generating function; Goodness of fit test; Skewness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247595475     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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