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Theory and Method

A Gaussian Approximation to the Distribution of the Sample Variance for Nonnormal Populations

Govind S. Mudholkar University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
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Madhusudan C. Trivedi Department of Computer and Statistical Operations, Pennwalt Corporation, Pharmaceutical Division, P.O. Box 1710, Rochester, NY, 14603, USA
Pages 479-485 | Received 01 Jan 1979, Published online: 12 Mar 2012

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