Confidence Intervals Based on Interpolated Order Statistics.

Abstract

Confidence intervals for the population median based on interpolating adjacent order statistics are presented. They are shown to depend only slightly on the underlying distribution. A simple, nonlinear interpolation formula is given which works well for a broad collection of underlying distributions. Additional keywords: Nonparametric statistics, Sign test, and Distribution functions. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA152607

Entities

People

  • S. J. Sheather
  • T. P. Hettmansperger

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Binomials
  • Coefficients
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
  • Information Science
  • Integrals
  • Interpolation
  • Intervals
  • New York
  • Nonparametric Statistics
  • Normal Distribution
  • Numerical Integration
  • Order Statistics
  • Pennsylvania
  • Statistical Inference
  • Statistics
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Statistical inference.