Problems of inference for Azzalini's skew-normal distribution

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 859-870

  Pewsey, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

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EID: 0010298684     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760050120542     Document Type: Article

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