JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY
Online ISSN : 1348-6365
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A General Method for Constructing Pseudo-Gaussian Tests
Marc HallinDavy Paindaveine
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2008 Volume 38 Issue 1 Pages 27-39

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A general method for constructing pseudo-Gaussian tests—reducing to traditional Gaussian tests under Gaussian densities but remaining valid under non-Gaussian ones—is proposed. This method provides a solution to several open problems in classical multivariate analysis. One of them is the test of the homogeneity of covariance matrices, an assumption that plays a crucial role in multivariate analysis of variance, under elliptical, and possibly heterokurtic densities with finite fourth-order moments.

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