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ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2024

On the Nuisance Parameter Elimination Principle in Hypothesis Testing.

Andrés Felipe Flórez Rivera, Luis Gustavo Esteves, Victor Fossaluza, Carlos Alberto de Bragança Pereira

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Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Andrés Felipe Flórez RiveraInstitute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil.
Luis Gustavo EstevesInstitute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil.
Victor FossaluzaInstitute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil.
Carlos Alberto de Bragança PereiraInstitute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6315-7484

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Abstract

The Non-Informative Nuisance Parameter Principle concerns the problem of how inferences about a parameter of interest should be made in the presence of nuisance parameters. The principle is examined in the context of the hypothesis testing problem. We prove that the mixed test obeys the principle for discrete sample spaces. We also show how adherence of the mixed test to the principle can make performance of the test much easier. These findings are illustrated with new solutions to well-known problems of testing hypotheses for count data.

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PMID38392373
PMCPMC10888291

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