Corrected estimates for Student t regression models with unknown degrees of freedom

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 409-423

  Vasconcellos, Klaus L P ^a   Gomes Da Silva, Sydney ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA FUNDAMENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Maximum likelihood estimation; Student t regression model; Unknown degrees of freedom

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844440299     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949650412331270888     Document Type: Article

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