Abstract
The problem of finding a Chebyshev type inequality for random variables with unknown or non-existent variance was considered by Z. W. Birnbaum (1970). In this present paper, a statistic, $T$, similar to, but simpler than Birnbaum's, is considered. The statistic is independent of location and scale parameters for families of bell-shaped distributions and so may be considered to be a competitor to Student's $t$. An inequality establishing an upper bound for $P(|T| > \lambda)$ is proved. This bound is considerably smaller than the corresponding bound found by Birnbaum. Finally, an improvement of the latter is offered.
Citation
Harold D. Shane. "On an Inequality for Order Statistics." Ann. Math. Statist. 42 (5) 1748 - 1751, October, 1971. https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177693175
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