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Theory and Method

On Some Fourier Methods for Inference

Andrey Feuerverger Department of Statistics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada
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Philip McDunnough Department of Statistics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada
Pages 379-387 | Received 01 Aug 1979, Published online: 12 Mar 2012

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