Improved Correlation Between X + α and 1/X+α | ||
| The Egyptian Statistical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 39, Issue 2, December 1995, Pages 120-123 PDF (6.55 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/esju.1995.314801 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ramalingam Silanmugam* | ||
| Department of Mathematics and Statistics Mississippi State University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The formulas in the statistical literature [1, p.647] yield inaccurate result when it comes to the correlation between X + a and 1/X+α of a nonnegative random variable X with a shift a ≥ 0. The aim of this note is to obtain an improved result using the sufficient statistic. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Poisson Distribution; Sufficient Statistic | ||
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