Inferences about the coefficient of correlation in the standard bivariate normal distribution

South African Statistical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-93

  Rosa, G J M ^a   Gianola, D ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Bootstrap; EM algorithm; Maximum likelihood; Monte Carlo; Reference prior; Rejection sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444452195     PISSN: 0038271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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