What do the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means tell us in length-biased sampling?

Pranab Kumar Sen

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1987, vol. 5, issue 2, 95-98

Abstract: Properties of the A.M., G.M. and H.M. for length-biased distributions are studied in a nonparametric fashion. Unbiased estimation of the coefficient of variation is considered, and a characterization of length-biased distributions is also made in this light.

Keywords: 62E10; 62E20; 62G99; asymptotic; normality; coefficient; of; variation; jackknifing; length-biased; distributions; Lorenz; curve; U-statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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