Two new models for survey sampling with sensitive characteristic: design and analysis

Maximum likelihood estimate, Randomizing device, Randomized response technique, Sensitive questions, Warner’s model,

Estimating a positive normal mean

maximum likelihood estimator, Rao-Blackwellization, generalized Bayes estimator, minimaxity, scale equivariant estimator, admissibility, 62C15, 62C20, 62F10,

An analysis of quantile measures of kurtosis: center and tails

Influence function, Symmetric distributions, Heavy-tailed distributions, Groeneveld measure,