NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
Journal of the Faculties of Science and Agriculture, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
ISSN: 1119-9008
DOI: 10.5987/UJ-NJSE
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ON THE GENERALIZED CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BETA DISTRIBUTION OF THE FIRST KIND
DOI: 10.5987/UJ-NJSE.17.105.3 | Article Number: 71E2AC22 | Vol.10 (3) - December 2011
Author: Igabari J. N.
Keywords: Beta function, Beta distribution, limiting form, quantiles, points of inflexion
In this work, we demonstrate that momental measures could be used to characterize the Beta distribution of the first kind. Furthermore, we show that the characterization is unique, and this distribution degenerates into Uniform distribution or the Gama distribution, depending on the choice of its parameters.
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