Research Article

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

Table 9

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

ParameterEstimate95% Bootstrap C.I.Standard errorRelative bias%

𝜂 1 2 = 0 . 7 0 0.7100.708, 0.7110.00151.40
𝜂 1 3 = 0 . 7 0 0.7090.708, 0.7110.00151.34
𝜂 1 4 = 0 . 8 5 0.8560.855, 0.8570.00150.71
𝜂 2 3 = 0 . 7 0 0.7080.706, 0.7090.00151.10
𝜂 2 4 = 0 . 7 0 0.7070.706, 0.7090.00151.01
𝜂 3 4 = 0 . 7 0 0.7080.707, 0.7100.00141.20

(b) 𝑛 = 1 0 0 0

ParameterEstimate95% Bootstrap C.I.Standard errorRelative bias%

𝜂 1 2 = 0 . 7 0 0.70140.7012, 0.70160.000220.20
𝜂 1 3 = 0 . 7 0 0.70160.7014, 0.70180.000220.23
𝜂 1 4 = 0 . 8 5 0.85110.8509, 0.85120.000220.13
𝜂 2 3 = 0 . 7 0 0.70020.6999, 0.70040.00022
𝜂 2 4 = 0 . 7 0 0.70030.7001, 0.70050.000220.04
𝜂 3 4 = 0 . 7 0 0.70040.7002, 0.70060.000210.06