Estimating the Difference of Percentiles from Two Independent Populations.

<p>We first consider confidence intervals for a normal percentile, an exponential percentile and a uniform percentile. Then we develop confidence intervals for a difference of percentiles from two independent normal populations, two independent exponential populations and two independent uniform populations. In our study, we mainly focus on the maximum likelihood to develop our confidence intervals. The efficiency of this method is examined via coverage rates obtained in a simulation study done with the statistical software R.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MS (Master of Science)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mathematical Sciences

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Tchouta, Romual Eloge

• percentile
• confidence interval
• normal distribution
• exponential distribution
• uniform distribution
• empirical coverage
• Physical Sciences and Mathematics
• Statistical Theory
• Statistics and Probability

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• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1981

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-3333