A geometric comparison of the Delta and Fieller confidence intervals

American Statistician

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 234-241

  Hirschberg, Joe ^a   Lye, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Constrained extrema; Cost effectiveness ratio; Dynamic regression; Estimated elasticities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649408843     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/tast.2010.08130     Document Type: Article

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