statistical inference

A term (introduced by Wald in 1939) used in statistical inference in several contexts. A procedure is admissible if there is no alternative procedure that performs at least as well under...

(1929–  ; b. Toronto, Canada)

Canadian statistician specializing in statistical inference whose career has been in the United States. Dempster obtained his BA and MA from U Toronto...

A term used in statistics to describe the number of independent comparisons that can be made between the variables in a study.

(1897–1993; b. Melbourne, Australia; d. Kingston, Australia)

Australian mathematical statistician. Pitman's parents, emigrating from England, met on the ship to Australia. He was...

A method of statistical inference proposed by Sir Ronald Fisher in 1930. Fisher's aim was to prescribe an entirely objective procedure that avoided prior assumptions or hypotheses. Fisher's...

(1915–2002; b. Walthamstow, England; d. Brightlingsea, England)

English logician, with a special interest in statistical inference, who was one of the first to advocate Monte Carlo...

(in-fer-en-shăl)

the use of statistics to make inferences or predictions about a population based on the data collected from a small sample drawn from that population.

A specific method by which the average relationship between two or more variables is quantified (cf. cointegration). For example, banks would like to be able to quantify the relationship...

(1924–2000; b. Croze, France; d. San Pablo, CA)

French mathematical statistician, specializing in statistical inference, whose career was spent in the United States. In 1942,...

The branch of statistics dealing with inference about parameters of a population on the basis of observations and measurements taken from a sample.