A Study of the Accuracy of Some Approximations for t, χ 2 , and F Tail Probabilities

DOI10.2307/2286652MaRDI QIDQ4184071zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert F. Ling

Publication date 1978

Published in Journal of the American Statistical Association (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/2286652

zbMATH Keywords

Chi Square DistributionDistributionF DistributionMaximum Absolute ErrorNumerical AccuracyTail Probability Approximations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical distribution theory (62E99)

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