A Tribute to Frank Anscombe and Random Central Limit Theorem from 1952

Sequential Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-277

  Mukhopadhyay, Nitis ^a   Chattopadhyay, Bhargab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic distribution of stopping time; Asymptotic normality; Berry Esseen rate; Confidence intervals; Distribution free; Maximum likelihood estimator; Negative binomial; Nonparametric; Normal; Point estimation; Statistical ecology; U statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864608958     PISSN: 07474946     EISSN: 15324176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07474946.2012.694344     Document Type: Article

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