Frequency properties of inferences based on an integrated likelihood function

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 433-447

  Severini, Thomas A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Local power; Nuisance parameters; Point estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650349806     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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