Stein's paradox

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf statistical paradox
gptkbp:appliesTo dimension is three or higher
multivariate estimation
normal distributions
gptkbp:category gptkb:estimation_theory
paradoxes in statistics
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Charles_Stein
gptkbp:field statistics
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1956
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Stein's paradox
gptkbp:notableFor counterintuitive result in statistics
gptkbp:opposedBy intuition about unbiased estimation
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:James–Stein_estimator
gptkbp:shows shrinkage estimators can outperform maximum likelihood estimators
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Charles_Stein
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6