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Francisco J. Samaniego
parison of the Bayesian
and Frequentist Approaches
to Estimation
Francisco J. Samaniego
Department of Statistics
University of California
1 Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
USA
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ISSN 0172-7397
ISBN 978-1-4419-5940-9 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-5941-6
DOI -1-4419-5941-6
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Dedication
To my family: Mary, pass, for forty years of love and support; Monica and
Elena, who have brought me nothing but love and enormous pride; Keb, for his
friendship and contagious positive outlook; Jack and Will, for the joy they constantly
bring to their Papa’s life; and my sister Margarita, whose constant encouragement,
since we were toddlers, gave me the courage to dream impossible dreams and seek
to make them a reality;
and,
To three friends who are primarily re