On the probability of observing misleading statistical evidence

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 451, 2000, Pages 760-768

  Royall, Richard ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence; Evidential paradigm; Law of likelihood; Likelihood principle; Nuisance parameters; Profile likelihood; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 2242432762     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2000.10474264     Document Type: Article

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