Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

james-stein estimator

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: james-stein es-ti-ma-tor
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular estimator of the mean boldsymbol θ:=(θ₁,θ₂,…θₘ) for a multivariate random variable boldsymbol Y:=(Y_1,Y_2,…Y_m).

Etymology

Developed by Charles Stein and Willard James.

Inflected Forms

James-Stein estimators (plural)

Questions

What does james-stein estimator mean?: A particular estimator of the mean boldsymbol θ:=(θ₁,θ₂,…θₘ) for a multivariate random variable boldsymbol Y:=(Y_1,Y_2,…Y_m).
Where does james-stein estimator come from?: Developed by Charles Stein and Willard James.

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