Hi All,

I am trying to determine a good central tendency estimate of the time
interval between events that could occur probabilistically over a fixed time
period. Once an event occurs another event cannot occur until after a lag
period. (Total period is 20 times the length of lag period).  

If only one even occurs then there is not enough data to estimate a mean
value. If multiple events occur, we can estimate mean/median/mode.  

But if only 2 events occur (for example, at the 5th and 20th years, there is
only one real interval, which would be 15 yrs) what would be the best
estimate of the interval?

Best Regards,
Marc

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Marc Ouellette
Landscape Ecology Systems Analyst
Forest Landscape Ecology Program
Ontario Forest Research Institute
1235 Queen St. East,
Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 2E5

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Voice: 705-946-7443
Fax: 705-946-2030
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