Sample size determination: A review

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-283

  Adcock, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Average coverage criterion; Average length criterion; Bayes factors; Bayesian methods; Binomial distribution; Coherence; Hypothesis testing; Maximum expected utility; McNemar's test; Multinomial distribution; Multivariate analysis; Normal distribution; Pivots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346789285     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00082     Document Type: Review

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