On bin-based density estimation

Samiuddin, M.; Jones, M. C. and El-sayyard, G. M. (1993). On bin-based density estimation. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 47(3) pp. 241–252.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00949659308811533

Abstract

We contribute to the study of data binning in density estimation. The particular disadvantage of histograms due to the effect of bin edge placement is stressed (again).We investigate how simple methods, both existing (such as the frequency polygon) and novel (proposing other natural piecewise linear adaptations), improve on the basic histogram (and on each other).Lurking in the background throughout are links with kernel density estimation.

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• Item ORO ID
• 28292
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1563-5163
• Keywords
• Bin edges; frequency polygon; kernel density estimation; histogram; linear binning; piecewise linearity; shifted histogram;
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Mathematics and Statistics
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Copyright Holders
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• Depositing User
• Sarah Frain