On the history of the correction for grouping, 1873-1922

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 417-428

  Hald, Anders ^a  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bruns; Correction for grouping; Fisher; Fourier series; Gram Charlier series; Grouped distribution; Length of grouping interval; Loss of efficiency; Position of grouping interval; Sheppard; Thiele

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035535884     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00245     Document Type: Review

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