TY - JOUR
T1 - The mode, median, and mean inequality
AU - Groeneveld, Richard A.
AU - Meeden, Glen
PY - 1977/8
Y1 - 1977/8
N2 - An elementary method of proof of the mode, median, and mean inequality is given for skewed, unimodal distributions of continuous random variables. A proof of the inequality for the gamma, F, and beta random variables is sketched.
AB - An elementary method of proof of the mode, median, and mean inequality is given for skewed, unimodal distributions of continuous random variables. A proof of the inequality for the gamma, F, and beta random variables is sketched.
KW - Median-mean inequality
KW - Mode-median inequality
KW - Skewed distributions
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U2 - 10.1080/00031305.1977.10479215
DO - 10.1080/00031305.1977.10479215
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0011506871
SN - 0003-1305
VL - 31
SP - 120
EP - 121
JO - American Statistician
JF - American Statistician
IS - 3
ER -