An Approximation to the Distribution of the Sample Variance.

Abstract

A simple three-moment approximation is introduced for the distribution of the sample variance. Comparisons are given with other approximations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1980
Accession Number
ADA092608

Entities

People

  • Herbert Solomon
  • Michael A. Stephens

Organizations

  • Stanford University

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Data Science
  • Governments
  • Information Science
  • Military Research
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Sampling
  • Security
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics