Stepwise likelihood ratio statistics in sequential studies

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 401-409

  Huang, Wenzheng ^a  

^a Millennium Operations   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite hypothesis; Sequential study; Stepwise likelihood ratio statistic; Type I and II errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442619076     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-7412.2003.05398.x     Document Type: Article

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