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Improved Approximations of Hedges' g*

Methodology 2020-03-17 v1 Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis Computation

Abstract

Hedges' unbiased estimator g* has been broadly used in statistics. We propose a sequence of polynomials to better approximate the multiplicative correction factor of g* by incorporating analytic estimations to the ratio of gamma functions.

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@article{arxiv.2003.06675,
  title  = {Improved Approximations of Hedges' g*},
  author = {Xiaohuan Xue},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.06675},
  year   = {2020}
}
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