Bayesian updating in reference centile charts

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-115

  Fatti, L P ^a   Senaoana, E M ^a   Thompson, M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian centiles; Box Cox transformation; Multivariate charts; Personal profiles; Pregnancy data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040531920     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00092     Document Type: Article

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