Testing for the supremacy of a multinomial cell probability

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 487, 2009, Pages 1052-1059

  Nettleton, Dan ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Chi bar square distribution; Cone; Discrete choice experiments; Intersection union test; Multiple comparisons with the best; Order restricted inference; Preference testing; Selection; Union intersection test

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349762997     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2009.tm08213     Document Type: Article

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