A New Method of Evaluating Normal and t-Tail Areas

Abstract

The bounds of Boyd and Soms for the tail areas of the normal and t- distributions are used to obtain a new method of evaluating the tail areas. The absolute and relative errors and numerical examples are given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADP003842

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  • A. P. Soms

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  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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