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Simultaneous confidence intervals for two linear functions of population means when population variances are not equal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Saibal Banerjee
Saibal Banerjee
Affiliation:
Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
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Abstract

It is shown that given k samples of nj units from it is possible to construct simultaneous confidence intervals for two given linear functions of population means, (where cij are known constants), when population variances are not equal.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , March 1970 , pp. 365 - 370
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1970

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