A generalization of variance bounds
N. Papadatos and
V. Papathanasiou
Statistics & Probability Letters, 1996, vol. 28, issue 2, 191-194
Abstract:
Upper and lower bounds for the variance of a random variable are obtained in terms of the density-quantile function. Some applications of these bounds to order statistics are given
Keywords: Variance; bounds; Density-quantile; function; Order; statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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