Empirical Bayes Methods with Applications (Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs on Statistics & Applied Probability)

By J.S. Maritz and T. Lwin

The second edition of Empirical Bayes Methods details are provided of the derivation and the performance of empirical Bayes rules for a variety of special models. Attention is given to the problem of assessing the goodness of an empirical Bayes estimator for a given set of prior data. A chapter is devoted to a discussion of alternatives to the empirical Bayes approach and there is also a chapter giving details of several actual applications of empirical Bayes method.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0412277603
• ISBN13: 9780412277603
• Release Date: June 1989
• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 5.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher