Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1154542 | Statistics & Probability Letters | 2015 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We show that, for discrete exponential families, the sample mean of n observations does not stochastically dominate a single observation when estimating the population mean. This is in stark contrast to the case of a normal distribution.
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Authors
Yuan-Tsung Chang, William E. Strawderman,