Choosing a transformation

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-404

  Chinn, S ^a,b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b St Thomas's Campus   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0003689845     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664769624134     Document Type: Article

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