Ranked set sampling: Ranking error models and estimation of visual judgment error variance

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-263

  Nahhas, Ramzi W ^a   Wolfe, Douglas A ^b   Chen, Halying ^b  

^a SIL International USA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Judgment ranking; Maximum likelihood estimation; Order statistics

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; SAMPLING;

ERROR MODELING; ERROR VARIANCE; IS-ENABLED; JUDGMENT RANKING; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; ORDER-STATISTICS; RANKED SET SAMPLING;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 26844450222     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200210021     Document Type: Article

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