Confidence interval estimation of a normal percentile

American Statistician

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-336

  Chakraborti, S ^a   Li, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Bayesian interval; Conditioning method; Coverage; Expected length; Order statistic; Quantile; Simulation; Vague prior

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649023048     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313007X244457     Document Type: Article

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