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Inference on Overlapping Coefficients in Two Exponential Populations
Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods
  • Mohammad F. Al-Saleh, Yarmouk University
  • Hani M. Samawi, Georgia Southern University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2007
DOI
10.22237/jmasm/1193890440
Abstract

Three measures of overlap, namely Matusita’s measureρ , Morisita’s measure λ and Weitzman’s measure Δ are investigated in this article for two exponential populations with different means. It is well that the estimators of those measures of overlap are biased. The bias is of these estimators depends on the unknown overlap parameters. There are no closed-form, exact formulas, for those estimators variances or their exact sampling distributions. Monte Carlo evaluations are used to study the bias and precision of the proposed overlap measures. Bootstrap method and Taylor series approximation are used to construct confidence intervals for the overlap measures.

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Copyright Statement: Copyright © 2007 JMASM, Inc. The Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods is an independent, peer-reviewed, open access journal designed to provide an outlet for the scholarly works of applied nonparametric or parametric statisticians, data analysts, researchers, classical or modern psychometricians, and quantitative or qualitative methodologists/evaluators.

Citation Information
Mohammad F. Al-Saleh and Hani M. Samawi. "Inference on Overlapping Coefficients in Two Exponential Populations" Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods Vol. 6 Iss. 2 (2007) p. 503 - 516
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hani_samawi/115/