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A singularity in the estimation of binomial variance

ALAN STUART

Biometrika · 1957 · Volume 44 · Issue 1-2

DOI: 10.1093/biomet/44.1-2.262

Abstract

SUMMARY For the symmetrical binomial distribution, the limit distribution of the sample variance is non-normal and has variance of order 1/n 2 .

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