Abstract

Suppose a random variable has a density belonging to a one parameter family which has strict monotone likelihood ratio. For inference regarding the parameter (or a monotone function of the parameter) consider the loss function to be bowl shaped for each fixed parameter and also to have each action be a "point of increase" or a "point of decrease" for some value of the parameter. Under these conditions, given any nonmonotone decision procedure, a unique monotone procedure is constructed which is strictly better than the given procedure for all the above loss functions. This result has application to the following areas: combining data problems, sufficiency, a multivariate one-sided testing problem.

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L. D. Brown. Arthur Cohen. W. E. Strawderman. "A Complete Class Theorem for Strict Monotone Likelihood Ratio With Applications." Ann. Statist. 4 (4) 712 - 722, July, 1976. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176343543

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Published: July, 1976

First available in Project Euclid: 12 April 2007

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aos/1176343543

Subjects:

Primary: 62F10

Secondary: 62B05 , 62C07 , 62C15 , 62F05 , 62H15

Keywords: combined estimators , combined tests , complete class , Confidence sets , estimation , monotone likelihood ratio , monotone procedure , sufficiency , testing