Pretest estimator of the mean of a geometric distribution

Samir K. Bhattacharya; Santosh Kumar

doi:10.6092/issn.1973-2201/804

Pretest estimator of the mean of a geometric distribution

Authors

Samir K. Bhattacharya Department of Mathematics
Santosh Kumar Department of Mathematics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-2201/804

Abstract

This paper proposes a pretest estimator of the mean of a geometric distribution when a prior point estimate of the mean is available by considering a randomized test of a suitable preliminary hypothesis. Exact results are obtained for the bias and the mean square error of the proposed estimator and these computations are illustrated by a numerical example.

How to Cite

Bhattacharya, S. K., & Kumar, S. (1989). Pretest estimator of the mean of a geometric distribution. Statistica, 49(3), 393–399. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-2201/804