Hardeo Sahai
University of Puerto Rico
Anwer Khurshid
University of Exeter, U.K.
and University of Karachi, Pakistan
Satish Chandra Misra
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
and The American University, Washington, DC
Journal of Statistics Education v.4, n.3 (1996)
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Hardeo Sahai
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Medical Sciences Campus
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR 00936
U.S.A.
Anwer Khurshid
Department of Mathematical Statistics and Operational Research
University of Exeter
Exeter
EX4 4QE
U.K.
and
Department of Statistics
University of Karachi
Karachi
PC 75270
Pakistan
Satish Chandra Misra
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
8800 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
and
The American University
Washington, DC