Method of moments

(statistics) A method of estimating the parameters of a frequency distribution by first computing as many moments of the distribution as there are parameters to be estimated and then using a function that relates the parameters to moments.

Method of moments may refer to:

• Method of moments (statistics), a method of parameter estimation in statistics
• Method of moments (probability theory), a way of proving convergence in distribution in probability theory
• Second moment method, a technique used in probability theory to show that a random variable is positive with positive probability
• Boundary element method, a method of solving partial differential equations in electromagnetics

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