Confidence interval for a coefficient of dispersion in nonnormal distributions.
A new confidence interval for the coefficient of dispersion (mean absolute deviation from the median divided by median) is proposed and is shown to perform better than the BCa bootstrap confidence interval.
Bonett
Douglas G
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Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, USA. dgbonett@iastate.edu
Seier
Edith
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D000465:Algorithms; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D016015:Logistic Models; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016011:Normal Distribution; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D016008:Statistical Distributions