A closed-form expression for the pearson type IV distribution function

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-205

  Willink, R ^a  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hypergeometric function; Hypergeometric series; Incomplete beta function; Pearson system

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249153509     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: 1467842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2008.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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