Linear Estimation of Scale Parameter for Logistic Distribution Based on Consecutive Order Statistics
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2007Author
Weke, Patrick G.O.
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Linear estimation of the scale parameter of the logistic population based
on the sum of consecutive order statistics, when the location parameter is
unknown, is discussed. A method based on a pair of single spacing and
'zero-one' weights rather than the optimum weights is presented. Limited
simulations indicate small bias and variance' of the estimator, and reasonably
high relative efficiencies with respect to the Cramer-Rae lower bound and
best linear unbiased estimators (BLUE's) for small sample sizes.
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Sankhya The Indian Journal of Statistics 2007, Volume 69, Part 4, pp. 870-884Publisher
Indian Statistical Institute Department of Mathematics, University of Nairobi