How can the score test be inconsistent?

American Statistician

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 291-295

  Freedman, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood; Multiple roots for likelihood equation; Observed information; Score test inconsistent

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649011358     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313007X243061     Document Type: Article

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