Using a normal approximation to test for the binomial distribution

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 533-544

  Sun, Ping ^a,b   Madden, Laurence V ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximated normal distribution; Binomial distribution; Dispersion; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

APPROXIMATED NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ASYMPTOTIC DISTRIBUTIONS; ASYMPTOTICS; BERNOULLI; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; KNOW-THAT; NORMAL APPROXIMATION; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; Χ+2$/ TEST;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031509057     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710390503     Document Type: Article

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