A simple improved inferential method for some discrete distributions

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 605-621

  Cai, Yong ^a   Krishnamoorthy, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta distribution; Chi square distribution; Clopper pearson limits; Power; Size

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BETA DISTRIBUTIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLOPPER-PEARSON LIMITS; POWER; SIZE;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 10044229404     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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