Optimal Unbiased Estimation of Variance Components

by James D. Malley

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. John MuIr As recently as 1970 the problem of obtaining optimal estimates for variance components in a mixed linear model with unbalanced data was considered a miasma of competing, generally weakly motivated estimators, with few firm gUidelines and many simple, compelling but Unanswered questions. Then in 1971 two significant beachheads were secured: the results of Rao [1971a, 1971b]...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387964495
• ISBN13: 9780387964492
• Release Date: December 1986
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"