Explicit expressions for moments of order statistics

Saralees Nadarajah

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2008, vol. 78, issue 2, 196-205

Abstract: Explicit closed form expressions are derived for moments of order statistics from the normal, log normal, gamma and beta distributions. The usefulness of the results is illustrated through two data sets on quality control testing.

Keywords: Beta; distribution; Gamma; distribution; Generalized; Kampe; de; Feriet; function; Log; normal; distribution; Normal; distribution; Lauricella; function; of; type; A; Order; statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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