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On the histogram as a density estimator:L 2 theory

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  • Volume 57, pages 453–476, (1981)
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  1. Statistics Department, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA

    David Freedman

  2. Statistics Department, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

    Persi Diaconis

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Research partially supported by NSF Grant MCS-80-02535

Research partially supported by NSF Grant MCS-80-24649

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Freedman, D., Diaconis, P. On the histogram as a density estimator:L 2 theory. Z. Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie verw Gebiete 57, 453–476 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01025868

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  • Received: 08 September 1980

  • Issue Date: December 1981

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  • Stochastic Process
  • Probability Theory
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  • Density Estimator
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