Finite mixture models are a useful class of models for application to data. When sample sizes are not large and the number of underlying densities is in question, likelihood ratio tests based on joint ...

Parameter estimation techniques which fail to adjust for the interim analyses of group sequential test designs will introduce bias in much the same way that the repeated use of single sample ...

The course provides a precise and accurate treatment of statistical ideas, methods and techniques. Topics covered are sampling distributions of statistics, point estimation, interval estimation, ...

Abstract: This paper offers a new approach to estimate countries’ de facto exchange rate regimes, a synthesis of two techniques. One is a technique that the authors have used in the past to estimate ...