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Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods Volume 29, 2000 - Issue 7
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Estimation for u-shaped beta distributions: minimum hellinger distance and related methods

D. Richard CutlerDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322
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Adele CutlerDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322
Pages 1487-1509 | Received 01 Mar 1998, Published online: 27 Jun 2007

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