Simulation-Based Confidence Intervals for Functions With Complicated Derivatives

American Statistician

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 76-81

  Mandel, Micha ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normal estimator; Delta method; Multiple sclerosis; Parametric bootstrap

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878427154     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2013.783880     Document Type: Article

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