How surprising is a new record?

American Statistician

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-155

  Solow, Andrew R ^a   Smith, Woollcott ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave art; Extreme order statistics; Gumbel domain of attraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144420078     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313005X42787     Document Type: Article

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