On expected volumes of multidimensional confidence sets associated with the usual and adjusted likelihoods

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 691-703

  Datta, Gauri S ^a   DiCiccio, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartlett correction; Highest posterior density region; Interest parameter; Likelihood ratio statistic; Nuisance parameter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540916     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00306     Document Type: Article

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