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On the Variability Estimation of Lognormal Distribution Based on Sample Harmonic and Arithmetic Means

Statistics Theory 2015-03-12 v1 Applications Statistics Theory

Abstract

For the lognormal distribution, an unbiased estimator of the squared coefficient of variation is derived from the relative ratio of sample arithmetic to harmonic means. Analytical proofs and simulation results are presented.

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@article{arxiv.1503.03453,
  title  = {On the Variability Estimation of Lognormal Distribution Based on Sample Harmonic and Arithmetic Means},
  author = {Edward Y. Ji and Brian L. Ji},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.03453},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages, 2 figures

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