Likelihood functions for inference in the presence of a nuisance parameter

Biometrika

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 507-522

  Severini, Thomas A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjusted profile likelihood; Asymptotic theory; Local inference; Profile likelihood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011065129     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/85.3.507     Document Type: Article

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