To calculate the statistical power for a given Type I error α, we first use equation (4) to find the critical value λ 1−α and then use equation (5) to calculate ...

BACKGROUND The Chiang method is the most widely accepted standard for estimating life expectancy (LE) at subnational scales; it is the only method that provides an ...

A class of linear combinations of order statistics (LCOSs) based on a random sample drawn from an arbitrary distribution is represented as a sum of independent and identically distributed random ...