A Comparison of Two Simple Methods for Obtaining Robust Confidence Intervals
Working Paper 0084
DOI 10.3386/w0084
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In this paper we study two methods for finding confidence limits for the simple median. One method is the new parametric procedure based on the sign test, and the other is derived in the paper. The two methods are compared asymptotically and also for small samples
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