An Empirical Bayes Procedure for Finding an Interval Estimate.

Abstract

A numerical procedure is outlined for obtaining an interval estimate of a parameter in an empirical Bayes estimation problem. In the particular problem considered, each observed value X has a binomial probability distribution depending on the binomial parameter Z, where Z has an unknown distribution. For each x, the parameter estimated is epsilon(Z/X = x), the posterior mean. Illustrative numerical results are presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0760359

Entities

People

  • Frederic M. Lord
  • Noel Cressie

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Binomials
  • Intervals
  • Mathematics
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Statistical inference.