TAIL AREAS OF THE T-DISTRIBUTION FROM A MILL'S-RATIO-LIKE EXPANSION

Abstract

A Monte Carlo study is made of the percentage points for the t-distribution from an asymptotic expansion of Mill' ratio for the normal. Numerical results are presented in a table.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0264051

Entities

People

  • M.b. Wilk
  • R.s. Pinkham

Organizations

  • Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymptotic Series
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Sequences

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Statistical inference.