Abstract
It is observed that the sample median for the even sample size n = 2m is superior to the sample median with n = 2m + 1. A slight modification in the definition of the sample medain for the odd sample size is suggested, which eliminates this odd property.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 349-354 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Statistics and Probability Letters |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 15 1994 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistics and Probability
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Keywords
- Efficiency
- median
- quasimedian
- second order asymptotics