We analyze the performance of kernel density methods applied to grouped data to estimate poverty (as applied in Sala-i-Martin, 2006, QJE). Using Monte Carlo simulations and household surveys, we find ...

Stefan H. Steiner, Grouped Data Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Charts, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 47, No. 2 (1998), pp. 203-216 ...

An iterative method is obtained for computing the maximum-likelihood estimates of the mean and standard deviation of a normal distribution when each observation is specified only by an upper and lower ...