A confidence interval and test for the mean of an asymmetric distribution

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 753-766

  Willink, R ^a  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cornish Fisher expansion; Distribution free; Nonnormal; Skewness; T distribution; T test

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STUDENTS;

CORNISH-FISHER EXPANSION; DISTRIBUTION-FREE; NONNORMAL; SKEWNESS; T-DISTRIBUTION; T-TEST;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 19944400466     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STA-200054419     Document Type: Article

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