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Characterizing Uncertain Outcomes with the Restricted HT Transformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

L. Joe Moffitt
L. Joe Moffitt*
Affiliation:
Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
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Abstract

Restrictions on the hyperbolic trigonometric (HT) transformation are imposed to guarantee that a probability density function is obtained from maximum likelihood estimation. Performance of the restricted HT transformation using data generated from normal, beta, gamma, logistic, log-normal, Pareto, Weibull, order statistic, and bimodal populations is investigated via sampling experiments. Results suggest that the restricted HT transformation is sufficiently flexible to compete with the actual population distributions in most cases. Application of the restricted HT transformation is illustrated by characterizing uncertain net income per acre for community-supported agriculture farms in the northeastern United States.

Keywords

farm managementhyperbolic trigonometric transformationuncertaintyC2Q1
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Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , December 2002 , pp. 417 - 429
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2002

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