A central limit theorem for certain nonlinear statistics in repeated sampling of a finite population

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-34

  Hawkins, D L ^a   Han, Chien Pai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic distribution; Capture recapture; Dual system estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008381094     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7152(98)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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