Sample Size Effects on Bias in CE50 and CE90

Abstract

Small samples affect estimates of the ninetieth and fiftieth percentiles for circular error. This report details this bias behavior for various possible target location error distributions for various sample sizes and exhibits nonparametric percentile estimation behavior.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 09, 2016
Accession Number
AD1017211

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