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Theory and Methods Discussion

Prediction, Estimation, and Attribution

Bradley EfronDepartment of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 636-655 | Received 15 Oct 2019, Accepted 17 Apr 2020, Published online: 04 Jun 2020

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