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Activity Number:
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68
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, July 29, 2007 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Computing
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| Abstract - #309010 |
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Title:
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A Web-Based Program for Computing Percentage Points of Pearson Distributions
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Author(s):
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Wei Pan*+ and Haiyan Bai and Shengbao Chen
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Companies:
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University of Cincinnati and University of Central Florida and JMW Truss & Components
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Address:
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PO Box 210049, Cincinnati, OH, 45221,
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Keywords:
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curve fitting ; Pearson distributions ; percentage points ; web-based program
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Abstract:
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The applications of curve fitting using Pearson distributions have called for an efficient program to compute percentage points of Pearson distributions. Endeavors have been made by previous researchers; however, all of the existing computing programs are locally dependent on a certain statistical software. The current study develops a web-based program to facilitate researchers to compute the percentage points. The end-users do not need to install statistical software on their local computers, which saves the hassle of debugging the coding. The user-friendly interface allows the users to input parameters and obtain the estimates by simply hitting a "Run" button. The validity of the parameters is automatically checked before computing. The results of the computation with a dynamic probability curve are presented directly on the screen for printing, coping, and saving.
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