New statistical models for discrete uni- and multivariate data sets with special reference to the Dirichlet multinomial distribution

Barr, Aila2014-12-082014-12-082014-12-08http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15910A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, infulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Johannesburg, 1987enNew statistical models for discrete uni- and multivariate data sets with special reference to the Dirichlet multinomial distributionThesis