Often neither the exact density nor the exact cumulative distribution function (c.d.f.) of a statistic of interest is available in the statistics and econometrics literature (e.g., the maximum ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Consider informative selection of a sample from a finite population. Responses are realized as independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.

A function that shows the probability that the random variable will attain a value less than or equal to each value that the random variable can take on.