Abstract:GIVEN an ordered sample of n observations Xl <: X 2 <: <: X n drawn at random from a normal population with known standard deviation 0", let m be the (maximum) number of pairs (Xi, Xt+l) that can be formed so that for each pair the difference (Xt+l -Xi) is not greater than a given quantity d, with the restriction that no observation is used more than once. In the present note we consider the mean value of m, for d = O'}O" or d = 0'050" and values of n up to 200, andgive an approximate solution obtained by sa… Show more
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