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Conservative Confidence Intervals Based on Weighted Means Statistics

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Andrew L. Rukhin

Abstract

For weighted means estimators of the common mean of several normal populations associated (conservative) confidence intervals are constructed. These intervals are compared to several traditional confidence bounds. Monte Carlo simulation results of these comparisons are reported.
Citation
Statistics and Probability Letters
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Journals

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Keywords

Confidence Coefficient, Consensus Mean, Degree of Equivalence, Fairweather procedure, Graybill-Deal Estimator, Interlaboratory Study, Unbiased Estimators
Statistical analysis

Citation

Rukhin, A. (2007), Conservative Confidence Intervals Based on Weighted Means Statistics, Statistics and Probability Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=150388 (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created April 15, 2007, Updated February 19, 2017
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