How to derive the sampling distribution of some statistics

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The discussion focuses on deriving the sampling distribution of statistics from a compound distribution formed by an Erlang distribution and a geometric distribution. The compound distribution is expressed as $$g(t) = \frac{\lambda p}{e^{\lambda t p}}$$, with key statistical parameters including expectation $$\mu_1 = \frac{1}{\lambda p}$$, variance $$\mu_2 = \frac{1}{\lambda^2 p^2}$$, and third central moment $$\mu_3 = \frac{2}{\lambda^3 p^3}$$. The coefficient of variation $$c_v$$ is calculated as 1, and skewness $$\tilde{\mu}_3$$ is determined to be 2. The discussion raises the question of deriving a formula for the sampling distribution of these statistics for a sample size $$n$$.

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Given a geometric Erlang distribution, how can I derive the sampling distribution of the coefficient of variation and the skewness for a sample of size $n$.
Assume that ##T## has an Erlang distribution:
$$\displaystyle f \left(t \, | \, k \right)=\frac{\lambda ^{k }~t ^{k -1}~e^{-\lambda ~t }}{\left(k -1\right)!}$$
and ##K## has a geometric distribution
$$\displaystyle P \left( K=k \right) \, = \, \left( 1-p \right) ^{k-1}p$$
Then the compound distribution has the following form.
$$\displaystyle g \left(t \right)= \sum _{k=1}^{\infty} f \left(t \, | \, k \right)~P \left(K =k \right)=\frac{\lambda ~p }{e^{\lambda ~t ~p }}$$
with expectation:
$$\displaystyle \mu_{{1}}\, = \,{\frac {1}{\lambda\,p}}$$
variance:
$$\displaystyle \mu_{{2}}\, = \,{\frac {1}{{\lambda}^{2}{p}^{2}}}$$
and third central moment:
$$\displaystyle \mu_{{3}}\, = \, {\frac {2}{{\lambda}^{3}{p}^{3}}}$$
The coefficient of variation ##c_v## is given by:
$$\displaystyle {\it c_v}\, = \,{\frac { \sqrt{\mu_{{2}}}}{\mu_{{1}}}}=1$$
and the skewness ##\tilde{\mu}_3## by:
$$\displaystyle {\it \tilde{\mu}_3}\, = \,{\frac {\mu_{{3}}}{{\mu_{{2}}}^{3/2}}}=2$$
Is it possible to derive a formula for the sampling distribution of the coefficient of variation and the skewness with a sample size ##n##?
 
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mathman said:

I am now aware that ##g(t)## is in fact an exponential distribution with rate parameter ##\lambda \, p##. But the Wikipedia site on the exponential distribution makes no mention of sampling distributions.
 
Section on statistical parameters? I am not sure what you want.
 

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