The Estimation of The Parameters of a Negative Binomial Distribution with Special Reference to Psychological Data  

Oleh:

Sichel, Herbert S.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Psychometrika: A Journal of Quantitative Psychology vol. 16 no. 1 (Mar. 1951), page 107-127.
Topik: Parameters; Negative Binomial Distribution; Psychological Data
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As an analytical tool the negative binomial distribution may have wide applications in the psychological field. The estimation of its parameters is demonstrated to be often inefficient when fitting by the method of moments. This causes possibly true hypotheses to be rejected. Formulas for the efficiency of the moment method and solution of the likelihood equations are derived. Efficiency graphs and detailed tables for the ?(r,p^) function reduce the maximum-likelihood method to a minimum of computational labour. Practical applications of the ease and power of the M.L. procedure are given.

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