Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1150229 | Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference | 2010 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
We derive expressions for the probability that an individual order statistic is closest to the target parameter among the order statistics from a complete random sample. Results are given for random variables with bounded and complete support. We then apply these general results to location-scale parameter families of distributions with specific applications to estimation of percentiles. In this case, simultaneous-closeness probabilities depend upon the parameters through the value of p in the percentile and the sample size, n. Results are finally illustrated with the estimation of percentiles for normal and exponential distributions.
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Authors
N. Balakrishnan, K.F. Davies, J.P. Keating, R.L. Mason,