Bias in estimation from type 1 censored samples.

Author(s)
W.R. van Zwet.
Abstract

Let P be a family of probability distributions on R 1. This paper raises the question whether a parameter Q=Q (p), P=P, is estimate on the basis of a type 1 censored sample (i.e. censored on a fixed set C). Two theorems are given that state conditions on Q and C that ensure that Q is not estimable. The results are applied to estimation problems for the normal and POISSON distributions; it turns out that unbiased estimation is impossible in the majortty of practical cases.

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Library number
1854.
Source

Statistica Neerlandica, Vol. 20, No.1.

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