Variance bounds using a theorem of Polya (Q1094028)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4024511
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    Variance bounds using a theorem of Polya
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4024511

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      Variance bounds using a theorem of Polya (English)
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      1988
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      This paper uses an extension of a theorem of Polya to derive bounds for the variance of a random variable. These are applied to maxima and minima of a sample and the bounds are found to be quite good.
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      order statistics
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      variance bounds
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      Polya inequality
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      maxima
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      minima
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