"The purpose of this paper is to present two methods for proving that a statistical estimate is admissible and minimax. The Bayes method was introduced by Wald, and Theorems 2.2 and 2.3 illustrate the technique. The second way is due to Hodges and Lehmann and is based on a lower bound for the variance of an estimate. In Theorem 3.2 the Hodges-Lehmann method for proving admissibility is given. The last chapter is devoted to an extension of the Hodges and Lehmann technique to the Bhattacharyya bounds"--Introduction. / "August, 1954." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: A. V. Fend, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-45).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_257281 |
| Contributors | Edwards, Anna Caroline (authoraut), Fend, A. V. (professor directing thesis.), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (iii, 45 leaves), computer, application/pdf |
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