On the elicitation of continuous, symmetric, unimodal distributions
| dc.creator | Gosling, John Paul | |
| dc.date | 2008-05-14 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T12:18:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T12:18:52Z | |
| dc.description | In this brief note, we highlight some difficulties that can arise when fitting a continuous, symmetric, unimodal distribution to a set of expert's judgements. A simple analysis shows it is possible to fit a Cauchy distribution to an expert's beliefs when their beliefs actually follow a normal distribution. This example stresses the need for careful distribution fitting and for feedback to the expert about what the fitted distribution implies about their beliefs. | |
| dc.description | Submitted to the Electronic Journal of Statistics (http://www.i-journals.org/ejs/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.2044 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.2044 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/212558 | |
| dc.subject | Methodology | |
| dc.title | On the elicitation of continuous, symmetric, unimodal distributions | |
| dc.type | text |