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

Forkman, Johannes; Verrill, Steve

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).

Keywords

Coefficient of variation; McKay's approximation; Noncentral beta distribution

Published in

Statistics and Probability Letters
2008, number: 78
Publisher: Elsevier

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/123944