Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1980 · 117 citations · 7 references
Natural SciencesBiostatisticsMathematicsExperimental DesignStatistical ComputingStatisticsConfidence IntervalsInferential StatisticsStatistical AnalysisStatistical InferenceVariance AnalysisVariance ComponentsConfidence Interval ConstructionConfidence Interval MethodologyConfidence Intervals For VariancesVariance Estimation
Abstract Smith (1936) suggested a method that can be used for setting confidence limits on linear combinations of variances. This method was studied and expanded by Satterthwaite (1941, 1946) and has become known as Satterthwaite's procedure. The procedure has been widely used for the past 40 years. In this article a new procedure is proposed for this problem that is better than Satterthwaite's procedure and very easy to compute from existing tables.
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