A tutorial on Fisher information

DOI10.1016/j.jmp.2017.05.006zbMath1402.62318arXiv1705.01064OpenAlexW2964155733MaRDI QIDQ1680996

Raoul P. P. P. Grasman, Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers, Alexander Ly, Maarten Marsman, Josine Verhagen

Publication date: 17 November 2017

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.01064

zbMATH Keywords

confidence intervalsmodel selectionhypothesis testingminimum description lengthstatistical modelingmodel complexityJeffreys's prior

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistics (62-02) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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