Method of moments (statistics)

Method of moments - parameter estimation technique in statistics. Article “Method of moments (statistics)” in English Wikipedia has 24 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 14 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 4.23 points.

This article has the best quality in Swedish Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Method of moments (statistics)”, its content was written by 56 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 217 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 489 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1272 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #65147 in February 2019
• Global: #39432 in February 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #15113 in July 2016
• Global: #31988 in July 2016

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Swedish (sv) Momentmetoden		24.7348
2	English (en) Method of moments (statistics)		23.9581
3	Lithuanian (lt) Momentų metodas		22.1329
4	German (de) Momentenmethode		21.0844
5	Catalan (ca) Mètode dels moments		15.6088
6	Arabic (ar) طريقة العزوم (إحصاء)		14.0263
7	Hungarian (hu) Momentumok módszere		12.6151
8	Simple English (simple) Method of moments (statistics)		10.9302
9	Italian (it) Metodo dei momenti (statistica)		9.8448
10	Hebrew (he) שיטת המומנטים		7.3984

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Method of moments (statistics)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Method of moments (statistics)		1 575 021
2	German (de) Momentenmethode		207 127
3	Russian (ru) Метод моментов		202 346
4	French (fr) Méthode des moments (statistiques)		178 863
5	Italian (it) Metodo dei momenti (statistica)		119 296
6	Chinese (zh) 矩估计		86 577
7	Spanish (es) Método de momentos (estadística)		62 458
8	Persian (fa) روش گشتاورها (آمار)		21 046
9	Ukrainian (uk) Метод моментів		15 002
10	Hebrew (he) שיטת המומנטים		12 968

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Method of moments (statistics)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Method of moments (statistics)		3 408
2	Russian (ru) Метод моментов		542
3	French (fr) Méthode des moments (statistiques)		370
4	German (de) Momentenmethode		331
5	Spanish (es) Método de momentos (estadística)		303
6	Chinese (zh) 矩估计		279
7	Italian (it) Metodo dei momenti (statistica)		242
8	Hebrew (he) שיטת המומנטים		40
9	Hungarian (hu) Momentumok módszere		37
10	Swedish (sv) Momentmetoden		30

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Method of moments (statistics)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Method of moments (statistics)		56
2	German (de) Momentenmethode		37
3	French (fr) Méthode des moments (statistiques)		23
4	Russian (ru) Метод моментов		22
5	Italian (it) Metodo dei momenti (statistica)		21
6	Dutch (nl) Momentschatter		12
7	Hebrew (he) שיטת המומנטים		10
8	Ukrainian (uk) Метод моментів		9
9	Spanish (es) Método de momentos (estadística)		8
10	Chinese (zh) 矩估计		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Method of moments (statistics)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) طريقة العزوم (إحصاء)		0
2	Catalan (ca) Mètode dels moments		0
3	German (de) Momentenmethode		0
4	English (en) Method of moments (statistics)		0
5	Spanish (es) Método de momentos (estadística)		0
6	Basque (eu) Momentuen metodo		0
7	Persian (fa) روش گشتاورها (آمار)		0
8	French (fr) Méthode des moments (statistiques)		0
9	Hebrew (he) שיטת המומנטים		0
10	Hungarian (hu) Momentumok módszere		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Method of moments (statistics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Method of moments (statistics)		489
2	Persian (fa) روش گشتاورها (آمار)		240
3	Ukrainian (uk) Метод моментів		220
4	Chinese (zh) 矩估计		149
5	Simple English (simple) Method of moments (statistics)		63
6	French (fr) Méthode des moments (statistiques)		22
7	German (de) Momentenmethode		19
8	Italian (it) Metodo dei momenti (statistica)		14
9	Russian (ru) Метод моментов		13
10	Spanish (es) Método de momentos (estadística)		11

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic طريقة العزوم (إحصاء)
ca	Catalan Mètode dels moments
de	German Momentenmethode
en	English Method of moments (statistics)
es	Spanish Método de momentos (estadística)
eu	Basque Momentuen metodo
fa	Persian روش گشتاورها (آمار)
fr	French Méthode des moments (statistiques)
he	Hebrew שיטת המומנטים
hu	Hungarian Momentumok módszere
it	Italian Metodo dei momenti (statistica)
lt	Lithuanian Momentų metodas
nl	Dutch Momentschatter
ru	Russian Метод моментов
simple	Simple English Method of moments (statistics)
sv	Swedish Momentmetoden
uk	Ukrainian Метод моментів
zh	Chinese 矩估计

Best Rank

English: #15113 07.2016

Global: #31988 07.2016

Best Rank

English: #65147 02.2019

Global: #39432 02.2004

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