The expected value ot the s<sup>th</sup> largest ot n ranked variates from a population with probability density f(x) occurs often in the statistical literature and especially in the theory of nonparametric statistics. A new expression for this value will be obtained tor any underlying density f(x) but emphasis will be placed on normal scores. A finite series representation, the individual terms of which are easy to calculate, will be obtained for the sum of squares of normal scores. The derivation of this series demonstrates a technique which can also be used to obtain the expected value of Fisher's measure or correlation as well as the expected value of the Fisher-Yates test statistic under an alternative hypothesis. / Ph. D.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/94546 |
| Date | January 1965 |
| Creators | Chow, Bryant |
| Contributors | Statistics |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation, Text |
| Format | iii, 95 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 20327118 |
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