A normal approximation for the chi-square distribution

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 803-808

  Canal, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chi square distribution; Maximum absolute error; Normal approximation; Power transformation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM ABSOLUTE ERRORS; NORMAL APPROXIMATION; POWER TRANSFORMATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 10444251131     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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