Quantile estimation for discrete data via empirical likelihood

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-255

  Chen, Jien ^a   Lazar, Nicole A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Discrete distributions; Empirical likelihood; Jittering; Quantile estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649162491     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: 10290311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250903301525     Document Type: Article

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