Confidence of compliance: Parametric versus nonparametric approaches

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3666-3671

  McBride, Graham B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian probability; Classical probability; Consumer's risk; Nonparametric; Parametric; Percentile standards; Supplier's risk

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GRAPH THEORY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BAYESIAN FORMULATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COMPLIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038350591     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00272-0     Document Type: Article

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