Approximate confidence interval for standard deviation of nonnormal distributions

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 775-782

  Bonett, Douglas G ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Interval estimation; Kurtosis; Prior information; Sample size; Variability

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PLANNING;

DISPERSION; INTERVAL ESTIMATION; KURTOSIS; PRIOR INFORMATION; SAMPLE SIZE; VARIABILITY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 25444501850     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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