A k-stage sequential sampling procedure for estimation of normal mean

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-127

  Liu, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Normal distribution; Sequential methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031537048     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(97)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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