Nonparametric inference with generalized likelihood ratio tests

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Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-444

  Fan, Jianqing ^a   Jiang, Jiancheng ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic null distribution; Bootstrap; Generalized likelihood ratio; Nonparametric test; Power function; Wilks' phenomenon

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448956887     PISSN: 11330686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11749-007-0080-8     Document Type: Article

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