The effect on statistical inference of the degree of precision of rounded data

This thesis concerns the effect of rounding on statistical procedures, where rounding is taken to be the grouping of data at the midpoints of equally spaced intervals. The characteristic function of the rounded distribution is obtained. This is used to derive general expressions for the moments of u...

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Main Author: Tricker, Anthony R.
Published: Sheffield Hallam University 1988
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383622