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Sequential Analysis
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The Chow and Robbins Fixed Width Confidence Interval Procedure When the Second Moment Barely Does Not Exist

Pages 179-194 | Received 01 May 2003, Accepted 01 Sep 2003, Published online: 18 Aug 2006

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