Where is the likelihood ratio test powerful for detecting two component normal mixtures?

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Where is the likelihood ratio test powerful for detecting two component normal mixtures?

Biometrics - 1 Sept 1993

Mendell N R, Finch S J, Thode H C

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We compare the power of the likelihood ratio test, the Engelman-Hartigan test, two outlier tests, four goodness-of-fit tests, and eight tests of normality to detect a mixture consisting of two components that are normally distributed with different means but equal variances. We consider the entir...

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Alleles
Biometry
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Genetics, Medical
Genetics, Population
Humans
Likelihood Functions
Models, Genetic

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