Real Analysis Exchange

Percentiles.

Pawel Szeptycki
Source: Real Anal. Exchange Volume 29, Number 1 (2003), 461-464.

Abstract

It is shown that, similarly to the median, percentiles of a random variable can be characterized as minima of suitable functionals.

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Primary Subjects: 26A51, 60A99
Keywords: convexity; moments
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Permanent link to this document: http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rae/1149860217
Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet): MR2063086
Zentralblatt MATH identifier: 1077.26006


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