In article <90jivd$2dt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alireza Tahai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Let me clarify my question
>Considering, mode is the maximum value of density function or f'(x)=0. The
>maximum of independent variables has their own distribution. For example
>the distribution of maximum of independent exponential variables is
>exponential. 1) What is the variance of this maximum value considering it
>has distribution? 2) What is the advantage of using mode (maximum of f(x))
>rather than median (P(x>median or x<median)=.5) as an estimate of population
>average?
Change that to the distribution of the minimum being exponential.
One certainly would not want to use the mode for the scale parameter
of an exponential.
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