Information on parameters of interest decreases under transformations

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-39

  Fewster, R M ^a   Jupp, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binomial detectability model; Confidence region; Fisher information; Observed information; Schur complement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878941709     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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