Conditional properties of unconditional parametric bootstrap procedures for inference in exponential families

Biometrika

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 747-758

  Diciccio, Thomas J ^a   Young, G Alastair ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Conditional test; Full exponential family; Likelihood; Nuisance parameter; Signed root likelihood ratio statistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949122145     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asn011     Document Type: Article

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