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June, 1983 Inverting an Edgeworth Expansion
Peter Hall
Ann. Statist. 11(2): 569-576 (June, 1983). DOI: 10.1214/aos/1176346162

Abstract

We provide a method for inverting a general Edgeworth expansion, so as to correct a statistic for the effects of non-normality. This technique is applied to the special case of the "Studentized" mean. Explicit formulae are given for the correction terms.

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Peter Hall. "Inverting an Edgeworth Expansion." Ann. Statist. 11 (2) 569 - 576, June, 1983. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176346162

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Published: June, 1983
First available in Project Euclid: 12 April 2007

zbMATH: 0525.62024
MathSciNet: MR696068
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aos/1176346162

Subjects:
Primary: 62E20
Secondary: 60F05 , 60G05 , 62H10

Keywords: Confidence interval , Edgeworth expansion , Normal approximation

Rights: Copyright © 1983 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.11 • No. 2 • June, 1983
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