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Activity Number: 444
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #300479
Title: Correlation Between the Sample Mean and Variance
Author(s): Ram Shanmugam*+
Companies: Texas State University
Address: 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX, 78666,
Keywords: skewness ; kurtosis ; normal and non-normal data ; count distribution ; continuous distribution
Abstract:

This presentation obtains a general formula to find the correlation coefficient between the sample mean and variance. Several particular results for major non-normal distributions are extracted to help students in classroom, clients during statistical consulting service.

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