Excellent discussion of Stein's paradox can be found in Sci American 1977;236(5):119-27 hope this helps bd Benjamin Djulbegovic, MD Associate Professor of Medicine H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at the University of South Florida Division of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant 12902 Magnolia Drive Tampa, FL 33612 e-mail:[log in to unmask] http://www.hsc.usf.edu/~bdjulbeg/ phone:(813)979-7202 fax:(813)979-3071 > -----Original Message----- > From: Takeo Saio [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 9:00 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Stein's Paradox > > Hello! I'm Internist in Japan and learning clinical epidemiology. > On lecture about mata-analysis,I've noticed somewhat about > Stein's Paradox,but it was lost in my memory.Please tell me > What is "Stein's Paradox",and where it first appeared on > literature. > Thanks a lot. > ********************************************** > Saio,Takeo > ///////////////CHIAKI hospital,Japan///////// > e-mail;[log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > ********************************************** %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%