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Fisher, M.A. (1935). "The fiducial argument in statistical inference".
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Fraser, D. A. S. (1966). "Structural probability and generalization".
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2270:
2261:
2257:
2244:
2243:
2239:
2222:
2211:
2208:
2207:
2182:
2169:
2168:
2164:
2155:
2151:
2134:
2123:
2120:
2119:
2092:
2090:
2087:
2086:
2083:
2070:
2028:
2025:
2024:
1999:
1995:
1983:
1979:
1970:
1966:
1964:
1961:
1960:
1939:
1935:
1917:
1913:
1904:
1900:
1898:
1895:
1894:
1852:
1848:
1839:
1835:
1814:
1810:
1801:
1797:
1795:
1792:
1791:
1750:
1746:
1737:
1733:
1712:
1708:
1699:
1695:
1693:
1690:
1689:
1664:
1660:
1651:
1647:
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1590:
1586:
1582:
1573:
1569:
1538:
1534:
1530:
1521:
1517:
1516:
1512:
1494:
1490:
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1485:
1484:
1462:
1459:
1458:
1431:
1427:
1412:
1408:
1403:
1400:
1399:
1398:Given a sample
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1357:
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1315:
1311:
1309:
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1260:
1256:
1220:
1216:
1214:
1211:
1210:
1166:
1162:
1132:
1128:
1126:
1123:
1122:
1089:
1086:
1085:
1060:
1043:
1026:
1018:
1015:
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991:
989:
986:
985:
966:
964:
961:
960:
941:
924:
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913:
912:
890:
873:
865:
862:
861:
845:
843:
840:
839:
816:
814:
811:
810:
786:
782:
767:
763:
752:
750:
747:
746:
712:
708:
693:
689:
662:
658:
649:
645:
627:
623:
614:
610:
596:
593:
592:
565:
561:
546:
542:
533:
529:
521:
518:
517:
494:
490:
481:
477:
459:
455:
446:
442:
437:
434:
433:
432:to be equal to
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394:
390:
379:
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318:
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311:
293:of a statistic
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189:
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151:having a given
146:random variable
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121:
106:
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97:
94:
93:
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72:
61:
55:
52:
42:Please help to
41:
25:
21:
12:
11:
5:
3437:
3427:
3426:
3421:
3407:
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3394:
3365:
3345:(4): 391–398.
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2235:
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2228:
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2218:
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2203:
2192:
2189:
2181:
2175:
2172:
2167:
2163:
2158:
2154:
2150:
2147:
2144:
2140:
2137:
2133:
2130:
2127:
2095:
2082:
2079:
2069:
2066:
2063:
2062:
2061:
2060:
2059:
2058:
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2056:
2044:
2041:
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2032:
2002:
1998:
1994:
1991:
1986:
1982:
1978:
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1969:
1942:
1938:
1934:
1931:
1928:
1925:
1920:
1916:
1912:
1907:
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1892:
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1869:
1866:
1863:
1860:
1855:
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1789:
1770:
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1749:
1745:
1740:
1736:
1732:
1729:
1726:
1723:
1720:
1715:
1711:
1707:
1702:
1698:
1680:
1667:
1663:
1659:
1654:
1650:
1640:is continuous
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1603:
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1597:
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1576:
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1439:
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1341:
1338:
1335:
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1318:
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1298:
1297:
1286:
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1259:
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1192:
1189:
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1181:
1178:
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1169:
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1147:
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1131:
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1070:
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1059:
1056:
1053:
1049:
1046:
1042:
1039:
1036:
1032:
1029:
1025:
1022:
997:
994:
972:
969:
947:
944:
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937:
934:
930:
927:
923:
920:
896:
893:
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848:
819:
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56:September 2009
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1886:
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491:
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261:
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249:
248:well behavior
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178:
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170:
169:compatibility
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27:
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1786:
1782:
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34:
3322:Fraser 1966
3310:Fisher 1935
372:, we model
85:Description
48:introducing
3413:Categories
3370:Biometrika
3360:2440/15222
3331:References
2709:, we have
910:vice versa
831:for given
31:references
3253:Λ
3224:−
3216:×
3156:Λ
3100:Λ
2975:Γ
2926:Λ
2861:−
2798:Γ
2788:Λ
2780:λ
2765:Γ
2759:−
2747:λ
2729:∣
2725:Λ
2697:Λ
2648:λ
2562:λ
2554:Λ
2535:λ
2529:Λ
2525:∣
2488:λ
2470:∣
2466:Λ
2446:λ
2432:Λ
2377:∑
2368:λ
2316:∏
2263:λ
2255:≤
2246:λ
2234:↔
2224:λ
2220:≤
2217:λ
2188:λ
2162:≤
2146:↔
2132:≤
1933:−
1868:ℓ
1865:−
1766:ℓ
1763:−
1602:θ
1596:Θ
1550:θ
1544:Θ
1510:∈
1504:θ
1496:Θ
1477:(if any);
1465:ℓ
1422:…
1386:Algorithm
1360:ℓ
1337:θ
1320:∣
1317:Θ
1274:θ
1268:Θ
1265:∣
1254:−
1242:θ
1225:∣
1222:Θ
1180:θ
1174:Θ
1171:∣
1154:θ
1137:∣
1134:Θ
1092:ℓ
1072:ℓ
1058:≥
1052:→
1045:θ
1041:≥
1038:θ
1035:→
1024:≥
993:θ
959:, where
943:θ
939:≤
936:θ
933:↔
922:≥
892:θ
888:≥
885:θ
882:↔
871:≥
777:…
703:…
684:θ
678:ρ
651:θ
640:…
616:θ
556:…
483:θ
472:…
448:θ
404:…
345:θ
274:θ
266:Θ
207:θ
161:estimates
116:…
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2227:′
2174:′
2139:′
1483:compute
1065:′
1048:′
1031:′
996:′
971:′
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929:′
895:′
878:′
805:between
313:Given a
3390:2334048
2081:Example
1633:where:
244:support
44:improve
3388:
2294:where
2068:Remark
1084:where
309:Method
91:sample
33:, but
3386:JSTOR
3273:Notes
3164:72.82
2909:with
2610:with
741:is a
737:When
3245:and
3176:and
3072:and
3056:the
3006:and
3002:the
2940:and
2355:and
2085:For
2023:for
1363:>
1300:For
1206:or
1095:>
3378:doi
3355:hdl
3347:doi
3213:4.5
2015:if
1955:if
1891:and
1883:if
1781:if
1682:if
1636:if
908:or
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3288:,
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3324:.
3312:.
3298:x
3294:u
3290:X
3286:U
3267:K
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3189:K
3185:r
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3142:=
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3125:K
3103:)
3097:,
3094:K
3091:(
3074:m
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