The Annals of Mathematical Statistics

Remarks on Some Nonparametric Estimates of a Density Function

Journal article · 1956 · Cited by 4,598

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Abstract

This note discusses some aspects of the estimation of the density function of a univariate probability distribution. All estimates of the density function satisfying relatively mild conditions are shown to be biased. The asymptotic mean square error of a particular class of estimates is evaluated.

DOI: 10.1214/aoms/1177728190 · Publisher: Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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