HACETTEPE JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS, cilt.38, sa.3, ss.351-356, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
The iterative Stein-rule estimator and the usual estimator of the error variance are compared under the Pitman Nearness Criterion. An exact expression of Pitman's Nearness probability is derived and numerically evaluated.