We prove optimal constant over root n upper bounds for the maximal probabilities of nth convolution powers of discrete uniform distributions.

We consider the problem of comparing two diagnostic tests based on a sample of paired test results without true state determinations, in cases where the second test can reasonably be assumed to be at least as specific as the first. For such cases, we provide two informative confidence bounds: A...

A spacings-based prediction method for future upper record values is proposed as an alternative to maximum likelihood prediction. For an underlying family of distributions with continuous cumulative distribution functions, the general form of the predictor as a function of the estimator of the...

Summary In a scheme of independent, possibly Type-II censored samples, joint estimation of scale parameters is considered under an order statistics prior leading to strictly ascendingly ordered Bayes estimators. The focus is on deriving handy closed-form expressions for the estimators