Displaying uncertainty with shading

American Statistician

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-347

  Jackson, Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color; Density; Distribution; Forecasting; Meta analysis; Multiple regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049094326     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313008X370843     Document Type: Article

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