A Class of Distributions Defined by Quantile Density Function. Issue 1 (March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Midhu, N.N.; Sankaran, P.G.
• Is Part Of: Calcutta Statistical Association bulletin. Volume 66:Issue 1/2(2014)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 24
• Publication Date: 2014-03
• Subjects: Quantile function -- quantile density function -- hazard quantile function -- L-moments; Mathematical statistics -- Periodicals; Statistics -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Statistics -- Periodicals; 519.5
• DOI: 10.1177/0008068320140101
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0008-0683

Abstract

Abtsrcat: In the present paper, we introduce and study a class of distributions that has simple quantile density function. Various distributional properties and reliability characteristics of the class are studied. The method of L-moments is employed to estimate parameters of the proposed class of distributions. Finally, we apply the proposed class to two real data sets.