Forkman, Johannes
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Forkman, Johannes
Inference for the coefficient of variation in normal distributions is considered. An explicit estimator of a coefficient of variation that is shared by several populations with normal distributions is proposed. Methods for making confidence intervals and statistical tests, based on McKay's approximation for the coefficient of variation, are provided. Exact expressions for the first two moments of McKay's approximation are given. An approximate F-test for equality of a coefficient of variation that is shared by several normal distributions and a coefficient of variation that is shared by several other normal distributions is introduced.
Coefficient of variation; Confidence interval; Hypothesis test; McKay's approximation; Normal distribution; Statistical inference
Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods
2009, Volume: 38, number: 2, article number: PII 905074839
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Probability Theory and Statistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610920802187448
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/39849