Variances of sample medians

G. D. Lin and J. S. Huang

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1989, vol. 8, issue 2, 143-146

Abstract: From an arbitrary distribution, the variances of odd sized sample medians form a monotonely nonincreasing sequence. The variance of an even sized median, which may even increase with sample size, is always less than or equal to that of the preceeding odd sized median.

Keywords: variance; order; statistic; sample; median (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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