nuisance parameter
nounDefinitions
A parameter of the distribution of a population that is not directly relevant to solving…
A parameter of the distribution of a population that is not directly relevant to solving the significance test or estimate problem under consideration.
- [T]esting for the null hypothesis […] is subject to the problem of a nuisance parameter that is present only under the alternative, which makes standard asymptotic inference invalid[.]
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nuisance parameter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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