Evolution of athletic records: Statistical effects versus real improvements

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 529-545

  Gembris, Daniel ^a   Taylor, John G ^b   Suter, Dieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Athletics; Estimation of maxima and minima; Records

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250752702     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760701234850     Document Type: Article

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