On some aspects of ranked set sampling for estimation of normal and exponential parameters

Statistics and Risk Modeling

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-240

  Purkayastha, Sumitra ^a,d   Sinha, Bimal K ^b   Sinha, Bikas K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased estimator; Order statistics; Ranked set sample; Sample median; Simple random sample

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000102921     PISSN: 21931402     EISSN: 21967040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/strm.1996.14.3.223     Document Type: Article

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