Interval estimators for the population mean for skewed distributions with a small sample size

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-96

  Meeden, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0039000076     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664769922674     Document Type: Article

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