A Comparison of Estimators of Variance Components in the Balanced Three-Stage Nested Random Effects Model Using Mean Squared Error Criterion
平衡三阶段嵌套随机效应模型中方差分量估计量的均方误差比较
Various estimators of variance components for the balanced three-stage nested random effects model are compared under standard assumptions of normality and independence of random effects, using MSE as the measure of performance. Several results are proven, demonstrating the inequality relationships on MSE of the unbiased, restricted maximum likelihood and maximum likelihood, and several modifications of the unbiased and maximum likelihood estimators as introduced here,…