Comparison of Some Estimators under the Pitman’s Closeness Criterion in Linear Regression Model
Batah et al. (2009) combined the unbiased ridge estimator and principal components regression estimator and introduced the modifiedr-kclass estimator. They also showed that the modifiedr-kclass estimator is superior to the ordinary least squares estimator and principal components regression estimator in the mean squared error matrix. In this paper, firstly, we will give a new method to obtain the modifiedr-kclass estimator; secondly, we will discuss its properties in some detail, comparing the modifiedr-kclass estimator to the ordinary least squares estimator and principal components regression estimator under the Pitman closeness criterion. A numerical example and a simulation study are given to illustrate our findings.