Could Fisher, Jeffreys and Neyman have agreed on testing? (With comments and a rejoinder).

DOI10.1214/SS/1056397485zbMath1048.62006OpenAlexW2038290376WikidataQ29014007 ScholiaQ29014007MaRDI QIDQ1431216

James O. Berger

Publication date: 27 May 2004

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1056397485

zbMATH Keywords

conditional testing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Parametric hypothesis testing (62F03) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of statistics (62-03)

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