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A note on the sequential estimation of means

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

D. R. Cox
D. R. Cox
Affiliation:
Statistical LaboratoryCambridge
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Abstract

A method is given for finding, at the end of a sequential sampling procedure, a nearly unbiased estimate of the population mean.

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Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , July 1952 , pp. 447 - 450
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1952

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