%0 Journal Article %A Pardo Llorente, MarĂ­a del Carmen %T A test for independence based on the Information Energy %D 1994 %@ 0016-0032 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/57887 %X A statistic is proposed to test the hypothesis of independence in multidimensional contingency tables using the concept of Information Energy introduced by Onicescu. Its asymptotic power is calculated as well as the exact power function for the spike alternative. %~