Inferences on the common mean of several log-normal populations: The generalized variable approach

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 944-951

  Tian, Lili ^a   Wu, Jianrong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Generalized confidence intervals; Generalized P values; Type I error

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL ESTIMATION; GENERALIZED CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENERALIZED P-VALUE; GENERALIZED VARIABLES; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOG-NORMAL; P-VALUES; SIMULATION STUDIES; TYPE-I ERROR;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 38049151164     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200710391     Document Type: Article

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