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Trimmed mean or sample median?

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Oosterhoff, J.
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It is shown that in the symmetric case trimmed means are better estimates of location than sample medians, unless the error distributions are sharply peaked at the centre.

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Statistics & Probability Letters.

Volume (Year): 20 (1994)
Issue (Month): 5 (August)
Pages: 401-409
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Keywords: Trimmed mean Sample median Asymptotic variance Peakedness;

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  1. L. Aucremanne, 2001. "The use of Robust Estimators as Measures of Core Inflation," DNB Staff Reports (discontinued) 61, Netherlands Central Bank. [Downloadable!]
  2. Luc Aucremanne, 2000. "The use of robust estimators as measures of core inflation," Research series 200003-2, National Bank of Belgium. [Downloadable!]
  3. L.J. Álvarez & M de los Llanos Matea, 2001. "Underlying Inflation Measures in Spain," DNB Staff Reports (discontinued) 60, Netherlands Central Bank. [Downloadable!]
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