Estimating parameters of derived random variables: Comparison of the delta and parametric bootstrap methods

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 667-675

  Zhou, Shijie ^a  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY;

EID: 0036315232     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2002)131<0667:EPODRV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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