One and two sample confidence intervals for estimating the mean of skewed populations: An empirical comparative study

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 601-609

  Baklizi, Ayman ^a   Kibriab, B M Golam ^b  

^a Qatar University   (Qatar)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Coverage probability; Interval estimation; Johnson's t; Mean; Skewness; Student's t

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449429397     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760802474298     Document Type: Article

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