Constructing more powerful exact tests of equivalence from binary matched pairs

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-42

  Lloyd, Chris J ^a   Moldovan, Max V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nuisance parameter; TOST

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956348686     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: 1467842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2011.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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