Testing multivariate normality in incomplete data of small sample size

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 164-179

  Tan, Ming ^a   Fang, Hong Bin ^a   Tian, Guo Liang ^a   Wei, Gang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; EM algorithm; IBF sampling; Multiple imputation; Multivariate normality test; Projection test

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044263314     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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