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Distribution-Free Confidence Intervals for Difference and Ratio of Medians

Robert M. Price Department of Mathematics, East Tennessee State University, Box 70663, Johnson City, TN, 37614 E-mail: [email protected]
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Douglas G. Bonett Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011
Pages 119-124 | Published online: 29 Oct 2010

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