10.6084/m9.figshare.5146582.v1 Ying-Ying Zhang Ying-Ying Zhang Ming-Qin Zhou Ming-Qin Zhou Yu-Han Xie Yu-Han Xie Wen-He Song Wen-He Song The Bayes rule of the parameter in (0,1) under the power-log loss function with an application to the beta-binomial model Taylor & Francis Group 2017 Bayes rule restricted parameter space (0, 1) the power-log loss function posterior expected loss beta-binomial model 62F10 62F15 62C10 2017-06-27 03:56:02 Dataset https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_Bayes_rule_of_the_parameter_in_0_1_under_the_power-log_loss_function_with_an_application_to_the_beta-binomial_model/5146582 <p>We propose the power-log loss function plotted in Figure 1 for the restricted parameter space <math><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></math>, which satisfies all the six properties listed in Table 1 for a good loss function on <math><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></math>. In particular, the power-log loss function penalizes gross overestimation and gross underestimation equally, is convex in its argument, and attains its global minimum at the true unknown parameter. The power-log loss function on <math><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></math> is an analog of the power-log loss function on <math><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mi>∞</mi><mo>)</mo></math>, which is the popular Stein's loss function. We then calculate the Bayes rule (estimator) of the parameter in <math><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></math> under the power-log loss function, the posterior expected power-log loss (PEPLL) at the Bayes estimator, and the integrated risk under the power-log loss (IRPLL) at the Bayes estimator, which is also the Bayes risk under the power-log loss (BRPLL). We also calculate the usual Bayes estimator under the squared error loss, which has been proved to be larger than that under the power-log loss. Next, we analytically calculate the Bayes estimators and the PEPLL at the Bayes estimators under a beta-binomial model. Finally, the numerical simulations and a real data example of some monthly magazine exposure data exemplify our theoretical studies of two size relationships about the Bayes estimators and the PEPLLs.</p>