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Cressie, Noel

A finely tuned continuity correction. (English) Zbl 0445.62033

Ann. Inst. Stat. Math. 30, 435-442 (1978).
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MSC:

62E20 Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics
65C99 Probabilistic methods, stochastic differential equations

Keywords:

continuity correction; approximating discrete binomial probabilities; normal probabilities
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