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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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305
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Nonparametric Statistics
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| Abstract - #306531 |
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Title:
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L-Moment Estimates for a Subset of the Pearson Class
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Author(s):
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Roger W. Johnson*+
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Companies:
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South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
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Address:
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501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD, 57701,
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Keywords:
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L-Moments ;
Pearson Random Variables ;
R
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Abstract:
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L-moment estimates for parameters of densities in a subclass of the Pearson family are given. Performance, as compared to other standard estimates, is investigated by using the R statistical package (http://cran.r-project.org/).
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