The estimated frequency of zero for a mixed Poisson distribution

Ian R. Harris

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1991, vol. 12, issue 5, 371-372

Abstract: The estimated frequencies of a mixed Poisson distribution are investigated. The frequencies are calculated using non-parametric maximum likelihood estimation. It is shown that the estimated frequency of zero is always greater than the observed frequency, and thus is biased.

Keywords: Non-parametric; maximum; likelihood; estimator; mixed; Poisson; distribution; bias (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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