Saddlepoint methods and statistical inference. With comments and a rejoinder by the author

DOI10.1214/ss/1177012906zbMath0955.62541OpenAlexW1986827948MaRDI QIDQ1595966

Nancy Reid

Publication date: 7 February 2001

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1177012906

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics (62E20)

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