Collapsibility of distribution dependence

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 127-133

  Ma, Zongming ^a   Xie, Xianchao ^a   Geng, Zhi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Collapsibility; Distribution dependence; Yule simpson paradox

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645026355     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2005.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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