Improved testing for the binomial distribution using chi-squared components with data-dependent cells

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-81

  Best, D J ^a   Rayner, J C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersion test; Goodness of fit; Non central chi squared distribution; Partition X2

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544440197     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949650412331320891     Document Type: Article

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