The Bias and Higher Cumulants of the Logarithm of a Binomial Variate
二项随机变量对数的偏差与高阶累积量
The bias and first four cumulants of the distribution of the logarithm of a binomial variate are studied by means of asymptotic expansions and exact computation. A new estimator of the variance is derived and evaluated. The asymptotic skewness is found to differ from the result of Walter (1975). Applications to point estimation of the one-hit curve and the interval estimation and testing of the ratio of binomial parameters are considered. Because of the bias and nonnormality…