ArticleOriginal scientific text
Title
Estimating median and other quantiles in nonparametric models
Authors 1
Affiliations
- Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 137, 00-950 Warszawa, Poland
Abstract
Though widely accepted, in nonparametric models admitting asymmetric distributions the sample median, if n=2k, may be a poor estimator of the population median. Shortcomings of estimators which are not equivariant are presented.
Keywords
estimation, quantiles, median
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Pages:
363-370
Main language of publication
English
Received
1995-05-18
Published
1995
Exact and natural sciences