Statistical inference for measures of inequality with a cross-national bootstrap application

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 296-333

  Moran, Timothy Patrick ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap confidence intervals; Inequality; Statistical inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 31944447133     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124105283117     Document Type: Article

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