From: hblarson@megsinet.net (Howard Larson)
Subject: Camp-Meidell Inequality?  More Info
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 23:54:13 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.math

I am hoping to get the formula and information on applicability for
the Camp-Meidell inequality.

The Camp-Meidell inequality is supposed to give a tighter estimate
than Chebyschev's inequality.  Chebyschev's inequality states (in
words):   The probablity that a particular value, x, of a random
variable, X,  lies within k std devs of the mean of X is equal to 1 -
1/k-squared.

Camp-Meidell supposedly applies to smooth, uni-modal distributions
where the mode is within one standard deviation of the mean.

All responses/leads are appreciated.

Howard Larson

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Howard Larson
hblarson@megsinet.net