Diane, Surely. Take a real (finite size, say 1000) sample of product whose mean is 0, standard deviation is 1, ~normally distributed, but discrete values from a 12-bit +-10volt AtoD (resolution = 10/(2^12)). Kevin Hankins [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Bob Hayden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: AP Stats. list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, January 08, 2000 3:26 PM Subject: discrete order statistics applications (fwd) >Hi. I've written code for a computer algebra system for >determining the PDF of discrete order statistics. I'm >looking for applications to demonstrate the usefulness of >this code. For example, here's one application from Hogg & >Craig's Mathematical Statistics book from 1995: > >Ex. Draw 15 cards at random and without replacement from a >deck of 25 cards numbered 1, 2, 3, ..., 25. Find the PDF of >the median of the cards selected. > >The code will work for items drawn with and without >replacement. I have another card example, but I'd like an >application in some other arena. Any suggestions as to where >I should look for such applications or if anyone has a >problem in mind, please let me know. Any help would be >greatly appreciated. > >Diane >
