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A Simple Sample Size Formula for Estimating Means of Poisson Random Variables

Statistics Theory 2008-04-21 v1 Probability Applications Statistics Theory

Abstract

In this paper, we derive an explicit sample size formula based a mixed criterion of absolute and relative errors for estimating means of Poisson random variables.

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@article{arxiv.0804.3033,
  title  = {A Simple Sample Size Formula for Estimating Means of Poisson Random Variables},
  author = {Xinjia Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.3033},
  year   = {2008}
}

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6 pages, nofigure

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