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Theory and Method

Geometric Understanding of Likelihood Ratio Statistics

Jianqing Fan Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA; Department of Statistics, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Hui-Nien Hung Institute of Statistics, National Chiao-Tong University, Taiwan
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Wing-Hung Wong Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
Pages 836-841 | Received 01 Mar 1998, Published online: 17 Feb 2012

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