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September, 1981 An Inadmissible Best Invariant Estimator: The I.I.D. Case
Martin Fox
Ann. Statist. 9(5): 1127-1129 (September, 1981). DOI: 10.1214/aos/1176345594

Abstract

An example is presented of an inadmissible best invariant point estimator of a location parameter. The extra moment condition of Brown and Fox (1974b) is violated. The example involves two independent, identically distributed observations, an improvement over Perng's (1970) example.

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Martin Fox. "An Inadmissible Best Invariant Estimator: The I.I.D. Case." Ann. Statist. 9 (5) 1127 - 1129, September, 1981. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176345594

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Published: September, 1981
First available in Project Euclid: 12 April 2007

zbMATH: 0478.62008
MathSciNet: MR628770
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aos/1176345594

Subjects:
Primary: 62C15
Secondary: 62F10

Keywords: best invariant , Inadmissible , location parameter

Rights: Copyright © 1981 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.9 • No. 5 • September, 1981
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