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On some confidence intervals for estimating the mean of a skewed population

W. Shi Florida International University, Miami, USA
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B. M. Golam Kibria Florida International University, Miami, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 412-421 | Received 24 Jan 2006, Published online: 17 Jul 2007

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