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On some aspects of estimation of a common mean of two independent normal populations. (English) Zbl 1098.62026

Summary: We study some aspects of the problem of estimation of a common mean of two normal populations from an asymptotic point of view. The Bayes estimate of the common mean under Jeffreys’ prior is also considered. A simulation study is carried out to compare several competing estimates in small samples.

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62F12 Asymptotic properties of parametric estimators
62F15 Bayesian inference

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