Research Article

Characterizing Tukey and -Distributions through 𝐿 -Moments and the 𝐿 -Correlation

Table 8

Correlation (strong) results for the conventional moment procedure.
(a) 𝑛 = 2 5

ParameterEstimate95% Bootstrap C.I.Standard errorRelative bias%

𝜌 1 2 = 0 . 7 0 0.7250.724, 0.7270.00153.57
𝜌 1 3 = 0 . 7 0 0.7230.722, 0.7240.00143.29
𝜌 1 4 = 0 . 8 5 0.8730.873, 0.8740.00132.71
𝜌 2 3 = 0 . 7 0 0.7180.716, 0.7190.00142.57
𝜌 2 4 = 0 . 7 0 0.7180.717, 0.7190.00142.57
𝜌 3 4 = 0 . 7 0 0.7120.710, 0.7130.00141.71

(b) 𝑛 = 1 0 0 0

ParameterEstimate95% Bootstrap C.I.Standard errorRelative bias%

𝜌 1 2 = 0 . 7 0 0.70240.7021, 0.70270.000300.34
𝜌 1 3 = 0 . 7 0 0.70250.7023, 0.70280.000270.36
𝜌 1 4 = 0 . 8 5 0.85350.8532, 0.85360.000370.41
𝜌 2 3 = 0 . 7 0 0.70100.7008, 0.70130.000240.14
𝜌 2 4 = 0 . 7 0 0.70130.7011, 0.70150.000240.19
𝜌 3 4 = 0 . 7 0 0.70050.7003, 0.70070.000210.07