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Small sample bias correction or bias reduction?

Xuemao Zhanga Department of Mathematics, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Sudhir Paulb Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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You-Gan Wangc School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane City, Australia
Pages 1165-1177 | Received 12 Nov 2018, Accepted 18 Jan 2019, Published online: 12 Mar 2019

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