On Behrens-Fisher solutions

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-63

  Duong, Quang P ^a   Shorrock, Richard W ^a  

^a PMO TRUMP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behrens Fisher problem; Empirical Bayes method; Fiducial approach; Generalized beta distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007684163     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2348412     Document Type: Article

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