Discussions
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- Barnard, G. A.; and Godambe, V. P. (1982). "Memorial Article: Allan Birnbaum 1923-1976". Annals of Statistics 10 (4): 1033–1039. doi:10.1214/aos/1176345968.
- N. L. Johnson and S. Kotz (eds), ed. (1997). "Allan Birnbaum". Leading Personalities in Statistical Sciences from the Seventeenth Century to the Present. New York: Wiley. pp. 83–85. ISBN 0-471-16381-3. Originally published in Encyclopedia of Statistical Science.
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