A distribution-independent bound on the level of confidence in the result of a measurement

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 587-588

  Estler, W Tyler ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Level of confidence; Measurement; Probability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038359336     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.102.040     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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4. J. F. Kenney and E. S. Keeping, Mathematics of Statistics, Part Two, 2nd ed., Van Nostrand Co., New York (1951) pp. 84-85.