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September, 1983 Some Thoughts on Empirical Bayes Estimation
Herbert Robbins
Ann. Statist. 11(3): 713-723 (September, 1983). DOI: 10.1214/aos/1176346239

Abstract

Examples are given to illustrate the "linear" and "general" empirical Bayes approaches to estimation. A final example concerns testing the null hypothesis that a treatment has had no effect.

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Herbert Robbins. "Some Thoughts on Empirical Bayes Estimation." Ann. Statist. 11 (3) 713 - 723, September, 1983. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176346239

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Published: September, 1983
First available in Project Euclid: 12 April 2007

zbMATH: 0522.62024
MathSciNet: MR707923
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aos/1176346239

Subjects:
Primary: 62C12
Secondary: 62C25

Keywords: Empirical Bayes , prediction , testing hypotheses

Rights: Copyright © 1983 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.11 • No. 3 • September, 1983
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