Bounds for the difference between median and mean of beta and negative binomial distributions

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 36 - Trang 347-354 - 1989
Mark E. Payton1, Linda J. Young1, J. H. Young2
1Department of Statistics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA
2Department of Entomology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA

Tóm tắt

We obtain bounds for the difference between the median and mean of the beta and negative binomial distributions using elementary methods.

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