Pitman's Measure of Closeness: A Comparison of Statistical Estimators
Autor Jerome P. Keating, Robert L. Mason, Pranab K. Senen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 1986
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780898713084
ISBN-10: 0898713080
Pagini: 242
Dimensiuni: 179 x 255 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Colecția Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Locul publicării:Philadelphia, United States
ISBN-10: 0898713080
Pagini: 242
Dimensiuni: 179 x 255 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Colecția Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Locul publicării:Philadelphia, United States
Cuprins
Preface; Part I. Introduction; 1. Evolution of Estimation Theory; Least Squares; Method of Moments; Maximum Likelihood; Uniformly Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimation; Biased Estimation; Bayes and Empirical Bayes; Influence Functions and Resampling Techniques; Future Directions; 2. PMC Comes of Age; PMC: A Product of Controversy; PMC as an Intuitive Criterion; 3. The Scope of the Book; History, Motivation, and Controversy of PMC; A Unified Development of PMC; Part II. Development of Pitman's Measure of Closeness: 1. The Intrinsic Appeal of PMC; Use of MSE; Historical Development of PMC; Convenience Store Example; 2. The Concept of Risk; Renyi's Decomposition of Risk; How Do We Understand Risk?; 3. Weakness in the Use of Risk; When MSE Does Not Exist; Sensitivity to the Choice of the Loss Function; The Golden Standard; 4. Joint Versus Marginal Information; Comparing Estimators with an Absolute Ideal; Comparing Estimators with One Another; 5. Concordance of PMC with MSE and MAD; Part III. Anomalies with PMC: 1. Living in an Intransitive World; Round-Robin Competition; Voting Preferences; Transitiveness; 2. Paradoxes Among Choice; The Pairwise-Worst Simultaneous-Best Paradox; The Pairwise-Best Simultaneous-Worst Paradox; Politics: The Choice of Extremes; 3. Rao's Phenomenom; 4. The Question of Ties; Equal Probability of Ties; Correcting the Pitman Criterion; A Randomized Estimator; 5. The Rao-Berkson Controversy; Minimum Chi-Square and Maximum Likelihood; Model Inconsistency; Remarks; Part 4. Pairwise Comparisons; 1. Geary-Rao Theorem; 2. Applications of the Geary-Rao Theorem; 3. Karlin's Corollary; 4. A Special Case of the Geary-Rao Theorem; Surjective Estimators; The MLR Property; 5. Applications of the Special Case; 6. Transitiveness; Transitiveness Theorem; Another Extension of Karlin's Corollary; Part V. Pitman-Closest Estimators: 1. Estimation of Location Parameters; 2. Estimators of Scale; 3. Generalization via Topological Groups; 4. Posterior Pitman Closeness; 5. Linear Combinations; 6. Estimation by Order Statistics; Part 6. Asymptotics and PMC; 1. Pitman Closeness of BAN Estimators; Modes of Convergence; Fisher Information; BAN Estimates are Pitman Closet; 2. PMC by Asymptotic Representations; A General Proposition; 3. Robust Estimation of a Location Parameter; L-Estimators; M-Estimators; R-Estimators; 4. APC Characterizations of Other Estimators; Pitman Estimators; Examples of Pitman Estimators; PMC Equivalence; Bayes Estimators; 5. Second-Order Efficiency and PMC; Asymptotic Efficiencies; Asymptotic Median Unbiasedness; Higher-Order PMC; Index; Bibliography.
Recenzii
'This monograph was written by three internationally reputed statisticians who have been instrumental in creating the recent interest in Pitman's measure of closeness (PMC).... There are several motivating and nontechnical examples that are easy to follow. Some material from Chapters 1, 2, and 3 could be used in a first-year graduate level course, whereas Chapters 4, 5, and 6 could be discussed in a graduate level course. Implicitly, in addition to providing answers to some difficult questions, the authors pose many important and challenging research problems for future research.... I believe that this is a useful monograph for a researcher interested in the PMC criterion. It summarizes and unifies some of the important results in the area.' Shyamal D. Peddada, Journal of Applied Statistical Applications
'The authors have written an interesting and lively account of recent developments in the study of Pitman Closeness. The book gathers together much of what is known in the area and presents it in a balanced manner. It is the best and most complete source of material on Pitman's measure of closeness and should be most useful to anyone interested in the subject.' William E. Strawderman, Professor of Statistics, Rutgers University
'Nicely presents history of Pitman's measure of closeness (PMC), applications to single-parameter estimation problems, PMC anomalies, and asymtotics.' American Mathematical Monthly
'This recent monograph assembles the widespread material concerning Pitman's measure of closeness (PMC) that is available in the literature and much of which is not widely known … the authors recommend Pitman closeness as an interesting alternative criterion for comparing estimators. They investigate the usefulness of the PMC for this purpose, and discuss the properties of 'Pitman-closest' estimators. This is done both from a frequentist and Bayesian point of view, in both small-sample and large-sample settings. The book contains many fascinating examples and results.' E. L. Lehmann, Short Book Reviews
' … a comprehensive survey of recent contributions to the subject. It discusses the merits and deficiencies of PMC, throws light on recent controversies, and formulates new problems for further research. Finally, there is a need for such a book, as PMC is not generally discussed in statistical texts. Its role in estimation theory and its usefulness to the decision maker are not well known. . . The contributions by the authors of this book have been especially illuminating in resolving some of the controversies surrounding PMC.' C. R. Rao, from the foreword
'The authors have written an interesting and lively account of recent developments in the study of Pitman Closeness. The book gathers together much of what is known in the area and presents it in a balanced manner. It is the best and most complete source of material on Pitman's measure of closeness and should be most useful to anyone interested in the subject.' William E. Strawderman, Professor of Statistics, Rutgers University
'Nicely presents history of Pitman's measure of closeness (PMC), applications to single-parameter estimation problems, PMC anomalies, and asymtotics.' American Mathematical Monthly
'This recent monograph assembles the widespread material concerning Pitman's measure of closeness (PMC) that is available in the literature and much of which is not widely known … the authors recommend Pitman closeness as an interesting alternative criterion for comparing estimators. They investigate the usefulness of the PMC for this purpose, and discuss the properties of 'Pitman-closest' estimators. This is done both from a frequentist and Bayesian point of view, in both small-sample and large-sample settings. The book contains many fascinating examples and results.' E. L. Lehmann, Short Book Reviews
' … a comprehensive survey of recent contributions to the subject. It discusses the merits and deficiencies of PMC, throws light on recent controversies, and formulates new problems for further research. Finally, there is a need for such a book, as PMC is not generally discussed in statistical texts. Its role in estimation theory and its usefulness to the decision maker are not well known. . . The contributions by the authors of this book have been especially illuminating in resolving some of the controversies surrounding PMC.' C. R. Rao, from the foreword
Descriere
This book provides a thorough introduction to the methods and known results associated with PMC.