Quantifying bimodality part 2: A likelihood ratio test for the comparison of a unimodal normal distribution and a bimodal mixture of two normal distributions

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-67

  Frankland, B W ^a   Zumbo, Bruno D ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bimodality; Likelihood ratio test; Mixture distribution; SPSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650785082     PISSN: 15389472     EISSN: 15389472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22237/jmasm/1241136240     Document Type: Article

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