Performance of bootstrap confidence intervals for L-moments and ratios of L-moments.

L-moments are defined as linear combinations of expected values of order statistics of a variable.(Hosking 1990) L-moments are estimated from samples using functions of weighted means of order statistics. The advantages of L-moments over classical moments are: able to characterize a wider range of...

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Main Author: Glass, Suzanne
Format: Others
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2000
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Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1
https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=etd