Variation diminishing property of densities of uniform generalized order statistics

Let f _*,r , r ≥ 1, denote the density function of rth uniform generalized order statistics as defined by Kamps (1995) or Cramer and Kamps (2003). We prove the following variation diminishing property: the number of zeros in (0,1) of any linear combination does not exceed the number of sign changes in the sequence (a ₁, . . . ,a _r ). This result is applied to study monotonicity and convexity properties of f _*,r .     

化学专业概率统计和数据处理课程教学研究

概率统计与数据处理课程教学的关键是在教学内容的每一个相关环节设置"问点",这样可以有效激发学生的学习兴趣,提高学习效果。     

论统计过程控制的实施

为提高中国石油天然气集团公司产品、工程和服务质量总体水平。提高企业经济效益，全面推进具有国际竞争力的跨国企业集团建设，中国石油天然气集团公司决定在各企业推广应用统计过程控制技术。通过控制图的具体实施．由推行小组对控制图的实施成果进行评估，并根据评估结果进行有针对性的改善。     

Multivariate statistics in industrial marketing management: A practitioner tool kit

Much published work over the years has pointed to the differences between business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) marketing. An undesirable by-product of this sometimes misdirected distinction is that managers working within B2B environments have generally not considered the use of what are seen as B2C techniques, such as multivariate statistical analysis. This article is structured in three parts. First, the argument for the similarities between B2B and B2C marketing is developed; second, three different multivariate statistical techniques are presented and combined to form a practical tool kit for use by B2B managers on strategic, operational, and tactical levels; and third, the results of an application of the techniques in the life science research chemicals industry is reported, demonstrating that the tool kit substantially enhanced managerial understanding of customer decision processes.     

Diversity and relative arbitrage in equity markets

An equity market is called diverse if no single stock is ever allowed to dominate the entire market in terms of relative capitalization. In the context of the standard Itô-process model initiated by Samuelson (1965) we formulate this property (and the allied, successively weaker notions of weak diversity and asymptotic weak diversity) in precise terms. We show that diversity is possible to achieve, but delicate. Several examples are provided which illustrate these notions and show that weakly-diverse markets contain relative arbitrage opportunities: it is possible to outperform or underperform such markets over any given time-horizon. The existence of this type of relative arbitrage does not interfere with the development of contingent claim valuation, and has consequences for the pricing of long-term warrants and for put-call parity. Several open questions are suggested for further study.Received: January 2004, Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 60H10, 91B28; 60J55JEL Classification: G10We are grateful for the helpful remarks offered by seminar audiences at Columbia, Yale, Princeton, the Sloan School of MIT, Boston University, the Mathematical Institute in Oberwolfach, and the Universities of Athens, Connecticut/Storrs and Texas/Austin. Special thanks go to Professors Jérôme Detemple, Julien Hugonnier, Ralf Korn, Andrew Lo, Mark Lowenstein and Steven Shreve. We are also indebted to Dr. Adrian Banner for a number of discussions that helped sharpen our thinking about these problems, and to the referees and editors for suggestions that improved the exposition. A significant part of this work was completed in the spring semester of 2002, while the second author was on sabbatical leave at the Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University. He is grateful to the Foundation for its hospitality.     

企业统计如何迎接新挑战

随着我国《统计法实施细则》的颁布,在这一新的形势下,企业统计应如何发挥其作用,值得我们每一位统计工作者深思,本文对此进行了探讨。     

机械加工精度的计算机分析系统

提出了机械加工精度的计算机分析方法。该系统由位移传感器、放大电路、A/ D转换卡、计算机等部分组成。该系统通过位移传感器和 A/ D转换卡自动采集工件尺寸数据 ,传入计算机 ,计算机对测量数据进行处理 ,得出加工误差的分布曲线图、X-R图、合格率、废品率等信息 ,从而使误差分析更迅速、更准确 ,为在线分析提供了可能 ,达到及时调整工艺系统 ,降低废品率 ,提高生产效率的目的。     

Measuring abnormal daily trading volume for samples of NYSE/ASE and NASDAQ securities using parametric and nonparametric test statistics

We extend prior research on the empirical properties of daily trading volume and methods to detect abnormal trading volume in two ways. We compare the performance of a nonparametric test statistic with the parametric test statistic used in prior research and we study samples of NASDAQ securities as well as samples of NYSE/ASE securities. Prior research has focused exclusively on NYSE securities. We find the nonparametric test statistic is more powerful in detecting abnormal trading volume than the parametric test statistic in both samples of NYSE/ASE and NASDAQ securities. We also document that abnormal trading volume will be detected more often in samples of NYSE/ASE securities compared to NASDAQ securities.     

Teaching information technology alongside business analytics: Case study

Business analytics can be described as the statistical analysis of data to make decisions and meaningful conclusions. As the demand to advance the curriculum of undergraduate business education increases, courses in business analytics aim to provide students with fundamental skills in critical thinking. Educators have found that spreadsheet applications that include statistical features are easy to use and facilitate student learning. The authors analyzed student performance in an introductory business analytics course that used Microsoft Excel as a statistical tool by comparing scores from this introductory course with those from an information technology course in which only Excel skills were learned.     

地勘统计管理工作改革的思考

文章就地勘单位统计工作的现状及存在的问题进行了分析 ,在此基础上提出企业化后地勘单位应从完善地勘统计指标体系 ,发挥地勘统计整体功能、建立灵活高效的统计调查方法、建立统计质量保障机制、加强统计网络建设等四个方面来改革和加强统计工作。