The normal distribution (also known as the Gaussian distribution) is arguably the most important distribution in Statistics. It is often used to represent continuous random variables occurring in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract For the problem of estimating a p-variate normal mean, the existence of confidence procedures which dominate the usual one, a sphere centered ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We consider sequential procedures for obtaining confidence intervals of prescribed length and confidence coefficient for the mean of a normal ...

Conventional statistical methods often test for group differences in a single parameter of a distribution, usually the conditional mean (for example, differences in mean body mass index (BMI; kg m −2) ...