A new approximation to the incomplete beta function
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods
- Vol. 17 (5), 1423-1435
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03610928808829689
Abstract
A new approximation to the incomplete beta function is proposed. This approximation compares favourably well with the Mudholkar-Chaubey (1976) approximation and it is infact superior for equal degrees of freedom. Moreover’ it is simpler to evaluate.Keywords
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