Open Access 2011 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Commentary on Basu (1956)
verfasst von : Robert J. Serfling
Erschienen in: Selected Works of Debabrata Basu
Verlag: Springer New York
For statistical estimation problems, it is typical and even desirable that more than one reasonable estimator can arise for consideration. One natural and time-honored approach for choosing an estimator is simply to compare the sample sizes at which the competing estimators meet a given standard of performance. This depends upon the chosen measure of performance and upon the particular population distribution
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