BOUNDED PROBABILITY PROPERTIES OF KOLMOGOROVSMIRNOV AND SIMILAR STATISTICS FOR DISCRETE DATA,
Abstract
A somewhat general class of situations, that include Kolmogorov-Smirnov type results as special cases, is considered. These situations are required to have uniquely determined probability properties when the sample values used are from continuous populations of any nature. If the populations sampled are discrete, however, these probability values are not uniquely determined. It is shown that the values for the continuous case represent bounds for the values that occur in any discrete case. The method used to show that these bound relations hold consists in noting that any discrete date situation can be interpreted as a situation involving the grouping of continuous data. Then bound relationships are established between the values of probabilities for the grouped data situations and the corresponding ungrouped data situations, which are the situations considered for the case of continuous data. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 24, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0422674
Entities
People
- John E. Walsh
Organizations
- System Development Corporation