Approximations to the profile empirical likelihood function for a scalar parameter in the context of M-estimation

Biometrika

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 337-351

  Diciccio, Thomas J ^a   Monti, Anna Clara ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansion; Bootstrap calibration; Confidence interval; Nonparametric likelihood; Parameter transformation; Skewness; Studentised statistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944512437     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/88.2.337     Document Type: Article

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