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November, 1980 Simultaneous Confidence Bounds for the Tail of an Inverse Distribution Function
Charles H. Alexander
Ann. Statist. 8(6): 1391-1394 (November, 1980). DOI: 10.1214/aos/1176345211

Abstract

Confidence bounds are derived for the upper 100$p$ percentile of an inverse distribution function. These bounds are considerably less conservative than similar bounds which apply to the entire function.

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Charles H. Alexander. "Simultaneous Confidence Bounds for the Tail of an Inverse Distribution Function." Ann. Statist. 8 (6) 1391 - 1394, November, 1980. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176345211

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Published: November, 1980
First available in Project Euclid: 12 April 2007

zbMATH: 0459.62025
MathSciNet: MR594655
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aos/1176345211

Subjects:
Primary: 62E25
Secondary: 62F25

Keywords: Confidence bounds , Empirical distribution function

Rights: Copyright © 1980 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.8 • No. 6 • November, 1980
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