February, 2003
© 2000 Scott S. Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Session
4:
39
Relative Advantages
Point estimates: General tendencies for bias from
least to most
(best)
UMVUE-like (in normal model)
Bias adjusted mean
Median unbiased with sample mean ordering
Median unbiased with analysis time ordering
Maximum likelihood estimate
(worst)