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- From: marchett@antares.nosc.mil (Dave Marchette)
- Subject: sigma from range
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.161226.27020@nosc.mil>
- Sender: pinney@nosc.mil (Mel M. Pinney)
- Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:12:26 GMT
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- Here's a simple question, I wonder if anyone can help with:
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- Let x1,...,xn be iid normal 0, sigma, and let x(1),...,x(n)
- be the order statistics. Assume that only n and x(n)-x(1)
- are known. That is, only the number of points and the total
- spread of the points is known. What is the appropriate estimate
- of sigma?
-
- Thanks for any help,
-
- David Marchette
- NRaD
- Code 421
- San Diego, Ca 92152
- marchett@antares.nosc.mil
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