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Re:Winsorized Mean by smcin on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @04:33PM (#37934401)
Is "some cases" closer to 1% or 50+%? That paper is behind a paywall.

How does it do on normal and other common distributions?

Re:Winsorized Mean by _0ffh on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @07:02PM (#37935979)
It seems obvious that for symmetrical distributions, like the normal, winsorizing does not change the mean.
Re:Winsorized Mean by smcin on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @09:36PM (#37937179)
Was looking for an answer for other common distributions, or a one-line summary of the paper.
Re:Winsorized Mean by amitport on Thursday October 19, 2023 @02:45AM (#37939366)
but it can converge faster to the mean with the sample size...
Re:Winsorized Mean by amitport on Thursday October 19, 2023 @02:45AM (#37939368)
https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.11391 it's pretty much the same thing