> ..... you can just use the MLE estimator of the
> lognormal mean, the (Finney-)Sichel estimator that
> you mentioned, to obtain
> the point estimate, and the theory and tables in
> Land (1975, Tables of
> confidence limits for linear functions of the normal
> mean and variance,
> Selected Tables in Mathematical Statistics, vol.
> III, Am. Math. Soc.
> Providence, pages: 385-419) to obtain the asymmetric
> confidence interval.
I am unfamiliar with these tables as most
practitioners that I know us Sichel's original tables
(or mine). Computational methods are discussed fully
in my 1987 paper in the SAIMM, cf.
http://uk.geocities.com/drisobelclark/resume/Publications.html
> This
> solution might not be popular among members of the
> list, however, since it
> involves abandoning the spatial analysis.
Ruben, I think you do all of us a great injustice with
this statement. The members of this list are here
because they want free communication and to find the
best solutions to their problems.
There are sectors of the geostatistical community who
are rabidly opposed to classical statistical
approaches and other non-geostat methods. However, I
have yet to see them contribute to the discussions in
this list.
Isobel Clark
(self styled sceptic)
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