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| Title: |
Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the 4-Parameter Beta Distribution |
| Author: |
Carnahan, J. V. |
| Appeared in: |
Communications in statistics |
| Paging: | Volume 18 (1989) nr. 2 pages 513-536 |
| Year: |
1989 |
| Contents: |
This paper addresses the problem of obtaining maximum likelihood estimates for the parameters of the Pearson Type I distribution (beta distribution with unknown end points and shape parameters). Since they do not seem to have appeared in the literature, the likelihood equations and the information matrix are derived. The regularity conditions which ensure asymptotic normality and efficiency are examined, and some apparent conflicts in the literature are noted. To ensure regularity, the shape parameters must be greater than two, giving an (assymmetrical) bell-shaped distribution with high contact in the tails. A numerical investigation was carried out to explore the bias and variance of the maximum likelihood estimates and their dependence on sample size. The numerical study indicated that only for large samples (n ≥ 1000) does the bias in the estimates become small and does the Cramer-Rao bound give a good approximation for their variance. The likelihood function has a global maximum which corresponds to parameter estimates that are inadmissable. Useful parameter estimates can be obtained at a local maximum, which is sometimes difficult to locate when the sample size is small. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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