A class of population covariance matrices in the bootstrap approach to covariance structure analysis

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-281

  Yuan, Ke Hai ^a   Hayashi, Kentaro ^b   Yanagihara, Hirokazu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 34547435668     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273170701360662     Document Type: Article

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