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This paper considers an improved estimator of normal mean which is obtained by considering a feasible version of minimum mean squared error estimator. The exact expression for the bias and the mean squared error are fairly complicated and do not provide any guidelines as how to estimate the standard error of improved estimator. As is well known that any estimator without a formula for standard error has little practical utility. We therefore derive unbiased estimators for the bias and mean squared error of the improved estimator. Incidently, they turn out to be minimum variance unbiased estimators. Further, this exercise yields a simple formula for estimating the standard error. Based on the criterion of estimated standard error, the efficiency of the improved estimator with respect to the traditional unbiased estimator (i.e., sample mean) is examined numerically. The relationship with asymptotic standard error is also studied.
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Shalabh, . Estimation of bias and standard error of an improved estimator of normal mean. Metrika 54, 43–51 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001840100114
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001840100114