A new approach to Sheppard's corrections

Mathematical Methods of Statistics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-162

  Di Nardo, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bernoulli polynomials; grouped moment; raw moment; Sheppard's correction; umbral calculus

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958123060     PISSN: 10665307     EISSN: 19348045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3103/S1066530710020043     Document Type: Article

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