This example calculates confidence intervals based on the profile likelihood for the parameters estimated in the previous example. The following introduction on profile-likelihood methods is based on ...

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Confidence intervals estimate likelihood of a data set's accuracy, aiding financial decisions. Utilizing confidence intervals in risk management helps stabilize cost forecasts. Larger sample sizes ...

A class of linear combinations of order statistics (LCOSs) based on a random sample drawn from an arbitrary distribution is represented as a sum of independent and identically distributed random ...