Analysis of Record Data from the Scaled Logistic Distribution

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the estimation of the unknown pa- rameter of the scaled logistic distribution on the basis of record values. The maximum likelihood method does not provide an explicit estimator for the scale parameter. In this article, we present a simple method of deriving an explicit estimator by approximating the likelihood function. Bayes estima- tor is obtained using importance sampling. Asymptotic confidence intervals, bootstrap confidence interval and credible interval are also proposed. Monte Carlo simulations are performed to compare the different proposed methods. Analysis of one real data set is also given for illustrative purposes.