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On the Distribution of Straddling Birth Intervals
Author(s) -
Yadava R. C.,
Pandey Arvind
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710310715
Subject(s) - statistics , sample (material) , mathematics , reproduction , demography , sociology , biology , ecology , chemistry , chromatography
Based on some simplified assumption relating to the human reproduction process, probability models for the study of straddling birth intervals have been discussed in this paper. One of the models for illustration has been applied to an observed set of data taken from a sample survey on maternity histories of women in Varanasi.