A Measure of Asymptotic Efficiency for Tests of a Hypothesis Based on the sum of Observations

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DOI10.1214/aoms/1177729330zbMath0048.11804WikidataQ56430037 ScholiaQ56430037MaRDI QIDQ5814290

Herman Chernoff

Publication date: 1952

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177729330



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