SMFIT: Stata module to fit a Singh-Maddala distribution by maximum likelihood

Stephen Jenkins
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Nicholas Cox

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: smfit fits by ML the 3 parameter Singh-Maddala distribution to sample observations on a random variable. smpred calculates statistics summarizing a Singh-Maddala distribution which has been fitted using smfit. Unit record data are assumed (rather than grouped data).

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.2
Keywords: Singh-Maddala distribution; inequality; maximum likelihood (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-01-12, Revised 2007-03-16
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