Multinomial goodness-of-fit: Large-sample tests with survey design correction and exact tests for small samples

Stata Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-169

  Jann, Ben ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benford's law; Categorical data; Chi squared; Combinatorial algorithms; Complex survey correction; Exact tests; Exhaustive enumeration; Goodness of fit; Kolmogorov Smirnov; mgof; mgofi; Monte Carlo; Multinomial; Power divergence statistic; st0142

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249093469     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x0800800201     Document Type: Article

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