• DocumentCode
    893763
  • Title

    Best Linear Unbiased Estimators for Normal Distribution Quantiles for Sample Sizes up to 20

  • Author

    Hassanein, Khatab M. ; Saleh, A.K.Md.Ehsanes ; Brown, Edward F.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    327
  • Lastpage
    329
  • Abstract
    This paper provides tables for estimating the quantiles of the normal distribution by using order statistics in small samples. Linear unbiased estimators with minimum variance and based on ordered observations are constructed for sample sizes from 2 through 20.
  • Keywords
    Cities and towns; Gaussian distribution; Maximum likelihood estimation; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1986.4335447
  • Filename
    4335447