Improved confidence interval estimation of the population standard deviation using ranked set sampling: A simulation study
Background & Aim: The sample standard deviation S is the common point estimator of σ, but S is sensitive to the presence of outliers and may not be an efficient estimator of σ in skewed and leptokurtic distributions. Although S has good efficiency in platykurtic and moderately leptokurtic distri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Biostatistics and Epidemiology |
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| Online Access: | https://jbe.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jbe/article/view/205 |