Estimation of the generalized variance in a bivariate normal distribution from an incomplete sample
Volume 28 / 2001
Applicationes Mathematicae 28 (2001), 143-149
MSC: 62F10, 62H12.
DOI: 10.4064/am28-2-2
Abstract
The aim of the paper is estimation of the generalized variance of a bivariate normal distribution in the case of a sample with missing observations. The estimator based on all available observations is compared with the estimator based only on complete pairs of observations.