On an asymptotic theory of conditional and unconditional coverage probabilities of empirical Bayes confidence intervals

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 139-152

  Datta, Gauri Sankar ^a   Ghosh, Malay ^b   Smith, David Daniel ^c   Lahiri, Parthasarathi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c US Bureau of the Census   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancillary statistic; Bias correction; Calibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036005420     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.t01-1-00143     Document Type: Article

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