A note on Lancaster's procedure for the combination of independent events

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 653-660

  Koziol, James A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximations to chi squared distribution; Cornish Fisher expansion; Edgeworth expansion; Lipt k procedure; Saddlepoint approximation; Wilson Hilferty

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

APPROXIMATION TO CHI-SQUARED DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARED; CHI-SQUARED DISTRIBUTION; CORNISH-FISHER EXPANSION; EDGEWORTH EXPANSION; LIPTÁK PROCEDURE; NONPARAMETRICS; P-VALUES; SADDLE-POINT APPROXIMATION; WILSON-HILFERTY;

EXPANSION;

EID: 0030517194     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710380603     Document Type: Article

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