Contributions to the theory of statistical estimation and other topics

Abstract

A • 1 On the Efficiency of the Method of Moments and Neyman's Type A Distribution. • 2 Maximum Likelihood and the Efficiency of the Method of Moments. • 3 Efficiency of the Method of Moments and the Gram- Charlier Type A Distribution. • 4 Moment Estimators and Maximum Likelihood. • 5 The Distribution of Moment Estimators.B • 1 -5 A Determinantal Expansion for a Class of Definite Integral: Parts 1 to 5 • 6 Generalised Algebraic Continued Fractions related to Definite Integrals.C • 1 Inequalities for the Normal Integral,including a new continued fraction. • 2 A semi- infinite Random Walk with Discrete steps. • 3 Distributions associated with Random Walk and Recurrent Events . ( J. G. Skellam and L.R.Shenton ). • 4 The Efficiency of Automatic Winding Machines with constant Patrolling time . ( A. J. Howie and L.R.Shenton).