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Testing Parameters of a Gamma Distribution for Small Samples

Dulal K. Bhaumik Center for Health Statistics, Department of Psychiatry and Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612
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Kush Kapur Center for Health Statistics, Department of Psychiatry and Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612
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Robert D. Gibbons Center for Health Statistics, Department of Psychiatry and Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612
Pages 326-334 | Received 01 Mar 2007, Published online: 01 Jan 2012

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