The distribution of McKay's approximation for the coefficient of variation

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-14

  Forkman, Johannes ^a   Verrill, Steve ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; McKay's approximation; Noncentral beta distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148942504     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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