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A Significance Test for Multisample Sphericity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Jorge L. Mendoza*
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Jorge L. Mendoza, Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.

Abstract

The paper obtains a maximum likelihood criterion test for multisample sphericity. The test contains Mauchly’s sphericity test as a special case.

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Notes And Comments
Copyright
Copyright © 1980 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

I would like to thank Professor R. E. Bargmann for his most valuable help.

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