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Simplified estimation of parameters in a cauchy distribution
Author(s) -
Raghunandanan K.,
Srinivasan R.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
statistica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1467-9574
pISSN - 0039-0402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9574.1972.tb00153.x
Subject(s) - cauchy distribution , estimator , mathematics , distribution (mathematics) , statistics , scale (ratio) , scale parameter , mathematical analysis , geography , cartography
Summary Simplified estimators of the location and scale parameters of a Cauchy distribution are constructed along the lines developed by D ixon [3, 4]. Symmetrically censored samples are considered. The efficiency of these estimators is shown to be high enough to make them useful in practice.