"To estimate the population parameters (e.g. average income of man with a master degree), we compute corresponding characteristics of the sample, referred to as **sample statistic**. \n", "\n", "Any ...

Abstract: Estimation in time series analysis aids in making a reasonable decision by providing a value for point estimation and a range of interval estimation. An auto-regressive model is designed for ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Biometrika is primarily a journal of statistics in which emphasis is placed on papers containing original theoretical contributions of direct or ...

The usual methodology employed in analysis after a sequential clinical trial is based on orderings of the possible samples resulting from the design. However, this approach lacks flexibility for use ...

The number needed to treat, that is, the average number of patients a clinician needs to treat with a particular therapy to prevent one bad outcome,1 is a translation into clinical terms of the ...

Point and interval estimates of percentile ranks are useful tools in assisting with the interpretation of neurocognitive test results. We provide percentile ranks for raw subscale scores on the Texas ...

Abstract: This paper discusses both point and interval estimation of the survivor function S/sub 0/=Pr{X/spl ges/x/sub 0/} for the geometric distribution. When the number of devices n/spl ges/50, the ...

1 Department of Statistical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. 2 Department of Economics and Finance, Luiss University, Rome, Italy. In statistical decision theory, the risk function ...