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NCP, 161 “162

Negative relationship of variables , 77 “78, 83 “85

Negative skew distribution, 29, 44, 139

NFI, 163 “164

NNFI, 163

Nominal data, 23, 25 “26

Noncentrality parameter (NCP), 161 “162

Nonlinearity, plot of, 71

Nonnormed fit index (NNFI), 163

Nonsingular matrix, 293

Normality, 137 “140

normal distribution, 41 “50, 253 “262

plots of, 29, 71, 138

of residuals, 102 “103

SND, 257 “262, 266 “267

Normalized coefficients, 75

Normed fit index (NFI), 163 “164

Null hypothesis, 55, 57, 151

Null model, 163

Null plot, 71

Null set, 195

Numerical taxonomy, see Cluster analysis