Open AccessPreliminary test-shrinkage estimators
Author(s) -
Hermanus H. Lemmer
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie/die suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2222-4173
pISSN - 0254-3486
DOI - 10.4102/satnt.v2i2.1109
Subject(s) - estimator , shrinkage , poisson distribution , statistics , test (biology) , shrinkage estimator , negative binomial distribution , mathematics , econometrics , geology , efficient estimator , minimum variance unbiased estimator , paleontology
The advantages of using the very simple shrinkage estimator TL proposed by Lemmer rather than that proposed by Mehta and Srivivasan in the case of preliminary test estimators for parameters of the normal, binomial and Poisson distributions are examined