Introducing the James-Stein Estimator

A MantonLab Presentation

Summary

The James-Stein Estimator has been labelled by Efron as the most striking theorem in post-war mathematical statistics. This short presentation introduces the James-Stein estimator. It includes a short Python program showing the estimator appears to perform as claimed. Finally, it gives a down-to-earth explanation.

Files

The presentation is given in a Jupyter Notebook that can be found in this zip file.

Alternatively, it may still be accessible online courtesy of Google's colab. Click here then select "Open in Playground".

Jonathan Manton
2020-04-07