The Large-Sample Distribution of the Likelihood Ratio for Testing Composite Hypotheses

DOI10.1214/aoms/1177732360zbMath0018.32003OpenAlexW2019841176WikidataQ55923595 ScholiaQ55923595MaRDI QIDQ5768526

Samuel S. Wilks

Publication date: 1938

Published in: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177732360

zbMATH Keywords

Probability theory, mathematical statistics

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