The distribution of McKay's approximation for the coefficient of variation

Johannes Forkman; Steve Verrill

doi:10.1016/j.spl.2007.04.018

The distribution of McKay's approximation for the coefficient of variation

Johannes Forkman
, Steve Verrill

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Abstract

McKay's approximation for the coefficient of variation is type II noncentral beta distributed and asymptotically normal with mean n - 1 and variance smaller than 2(n - 1).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10-14
Number of pages	5
Journal	Statistics and Probability Letters
Volume	78
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2007.04.018
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

Coefficient of variation
McKay's approximation
Noncentral beta distribution

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