The Likelihood Ratio Test for Poisson versus Binomial Distributions

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 434, 1996, Pages 818-824

  Vu, H T V ^a   Maller, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymptotic chi squared distribution; Estimating the number of binomial trials; Nonstandard likelihood tests; Poisson distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030556367     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1996.10476949     Document Type: Article

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