ESTIMATION OF A DENSITY FUNCTION USING ORDER STATISTICS1
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- 25 March 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Australian Journal of Statistics
- Vol. 17 (1) , 1-7
Abstract
A non‐parametric estimator of a density at a particular quantile is based on sample quantiles. The optimal (to minimize M.S.E.) choice of these quantiles is considered and a method of removing the bias is suggested.Keywords
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