JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Comparison of Sample Covariance Matrices Using Likelihood Ratio Tests

Bryan F. J. ManlyJ. C. W. Rayner

Year: 1987 Journal:   Biometrika Vol: 74 (4)Pages: 841-841   Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract

The standard method for the comparison of two or more sample covariance matrices is the likelihood ratio test. The purpose of the present paper is to show how this test can be made more informative by hierarchically partitioning the test statistic into three components.

Keywords:
Mathematics Likelihood-ratio test Statistics Covariance Statistic Test statistic Covariance matrix Estimation of covariance matrices Score test Sample (material) Test (biology) Restricted maximum likelihood Maximum likelihood Statistical hypothesis testing Chromatography

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