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Theory and Method

Simple Linear Estimation of the Parameters of the Logistic Distribution from a Complete or Censored Sample

Max Engelhardt Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri, Rolla, Mo., 65401, USA
Pages 899-902 | Received 01 Aug 1973, Published online: 05 Apr 2012

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