Properties of a new generalized family of distributions with application to relief times of patients data
Ibrahim Sule1, Hammed Olanrewaju Lawal2, Olalekan Akanji Bello3.
Statisticians have developed and proposed new families of distributions by extending or generalizing
the existing ones. These families of distributions are extended by adding one or more parameters to
the baseline distributions to make it more flexible in fitting different kinds of data. In this study, a new
four-parameter lifetime family of distributions called the Extended Topp Leone Generalized
Exponentiated-G family of distributions was introduced by using the T-X methodology which has
been proposed in the literature. Some mathematical properties of the class of distributions such as the
moments, moment generating function, quantile function, survival, hazard, reversed hazard and odds
functions and Renyi entropy were presented. The estimation of the parameters by maximum
likelihood method was discussed. Two sub-models such as extended Topp Leone generalized
exponentiated exponential and extended Topp Leone generalized exponentiated Weibull distributions
were discussed. An application of extended Topp Leone generalized exponentiated exponential
distribution to a real life data set representing the relief times (in minutes) of patients receiving an
analgesic was used to show the fit and flexibility of the new distribution over some lifetime
distributions in literature. The results showed that the new distribution fits better in this data than the
competing models considered.
Affiliation:
- Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Not Indicated, Not Indicated
- Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
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