• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Estimation of the Parameter n in the Binomial Distribution
  • Contributor: Feldman, Dorian; Fox, Martin
  • Published: American Statistical Association, 1968
  • Published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 63 (1968) 321, Seite 150-158
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 0162-1459
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  • Description: Let X<sub>1</sub>, ⋯ X<sub>r</sub> be independent B(n,p) random variables. In this paper n is estimated with known p. The MLE is developed and shown to be consistent in a relative sense and asymptotically normal. Motivated by Y<sub>i</sub> = X<sub>i</sub>/q we consider Y<sub>1</sub>,⋯, Y<sub>r</sub> independent N(μ,μ) and examine three estimates of μ; (i) the MVUE, (ii) the MLE, and (iii) Ȳ. These are shown to be asymptotically equivalent.