An expression for fast computation of sample central moments

Saraleesan Nadarajah; Rui Li

doi:10.1080/00031305.2017.1286259

An expression for fast computation of sample central moments

Saraleesan Nadarajah, Rui Li

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Abstract

An expression is provided for the expectation of sample central moments. It is practical and offers computational advantages over the original form due to Kong [The American Statistician, 65, 2011, 198–199].

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	169-171
Number of pages	3
Journal	The American Statistician
Volume	72
Issue number	2
Early online date	28 Feb 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2017.1286259
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

Bell polynomial
Computer code
Moment

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