Empirical Distribution Function
Catherine Scipione Forbes, Merran Evans, Nicholas Anthony John Hastings, Brian Peacock · 2010
An empirical distribution function is one that is estimated directly from sample data, without assuming an underlying algebraic form of the distribution model. This chapter discusses estimates from uncensored and censored data. It explains parameter estimation, presents a graphical method for the modified order-numbers, and describes model accuracy. Controlled Vocabulary Terms empirical distribution function; graphical model