On non-parametric testing, the uniform behaviour of the t-test, and related problems

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 567-584

  Romano, Joseph P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotically maximin; Confidence intervals; Hypothesis tests; Large sample theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 10444289771     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2004.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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