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On some statistical paradoxes and non-conglomerability

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Some statistical paradoxes arising from the use of non-conglomerable finitely additive distributions are discussed.

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Hill, B.M. On some statistical paradoxes and non-conglomerability. Trabajos de Estadistica Y de Investigacion Operativa 31, 39–66 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02888346

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