1. On Wed Oct 31 ¡­

1. On Wed Oct 31 we discussed various parts of Ch 5, including empirical Bayes constructions for the "normal-normal" setup, with emphasis also on risk functions for different procedures. For Wed Nov 7 I plan to round off Ch 5, and to discuss "Stein estimation" issues.

2. Exercises for Wed Oct 31: First the few details that still remain for the Egyptian pre-Christ lifetimes, Exam stk 4020 2008 #3. Then Exam stk 4020 2004, #1 and #4.