Calculating nonparametric confidence intervals for quantiles using fractional order statistics

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-353

  Hutson, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FLOOD; HYDROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033001656     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664769922458     Document Type: Article

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