A Further Look at the Comparison of Normal Percentile Estimators

dc.contributor.author	Dyer, Danny D.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2010-06-04T13:41:16Z	en
dc.date.available	2010-06-04T13:41:16Z	en
dc.date.issued	1978-03	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10106/2360	en
dc.description.abstract	Please note that the full text is embargoed ABSTRACT: For the purpose of making a pairwise comparison of point estimators of normal percentiles, a twofold technique is introduced which basically examines ,(a) the "odds" in favor of an estimator being closer to the true value than is a competing estimator and (b) an estimator's average closeness to the true value when it is closer (as well as when it is not) than is a competing estimator. Closeness to the true value is measured through an absolute error loss function. Joint consideration of these concepts is shown to form a basis for determining which of two estimators is preferred in a given situation.	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	University of Texas at Arlington	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Technical Report;76	en
dc.subject	Estimators	en
dc.subject	Absolute error loss function	en
dc.subject	Pitman-closeness efficiency	en
dc.subject	Conditional mean absolute error	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Statistics	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Mathematics Research	en
dc.title	A Further Look at the Comparison of Normal Percentile Estimators	en
dc.type	Technical Report	en
dc.publisher.department	Department of Mathematics	en