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Standard and goodness-of-fit parameter estimation methods for the three-parameter lognormal distribution

Journal Article · · Commun. Stat., (Part A), Theory Methods; (United States)
A class of goodness-of-fit estimators is found to provide a useful alternative in certain situations to the standard maximum likelihood method which has some undesirable estimation characteristics for estimation from the three-parameter lognormal distribution. The class of goodness-of-fit tests considered include the Shapiro-Wilk and Filliben tests which reduce to a weighted linear combination of the order statistics that can be maximized in estimation problems. The weighted order statistic estimators are compared to the standard procedures in Monte Carlo simulations. Robustness of the procedures are examined and example data sets analyzed.
Research Organization:
Union Carbide Corp., Oak Ridge, TN
OSTI ID:
5435067
Journal Information:
Commun. Stat., (Part A), Theory Methods; (United States), Journal Name: Commun. Stat., (Part A), Theory Methods; (United States) Vol. 11:17; ISSN CSTMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English