FITTING THE STUDENT-T DISTRIBUTION TO GROUPED DATA, WITH APPLICATION TO A PARTICLE SCATTERING EXPERIMENT

被引:7
作者
BECKMAN, RJ
JOHNSON, ME
机构
[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM,, USA, Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM, USA
关键词
PARTICLE BEAMS;
D O I
10.2307/1269879
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
Experimental data are presented for which the Student-t distribution provides a plausible model. A grouped maximum likelihood estimation approach is developed. A data set is presented that is accurately modeled by a distribution with tails heavier than a Cauchy distribution.
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页码:17 / 22
页数:6
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