On an application of the Student distribution in the theory of probability and mathematical statistics

Theory of Probability and its Applications

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 377-391

  Bening, V E ^a   Korolev, V Yu ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Asymptotic relative efficiency; Sample of a random size; Student distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144536847     PISSN: 0040585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0040585X97981159     Document Type: Article

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