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Sequential tests for composite hypotheses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

D. R. Cox
Affiliation:
Statistical LaboratoryCambridge

Abstract

A method is given for obtaining sequential tests in the presence of nuisance parameters. It is assumed that a jointly sufficient set of estimators exists for the unknown parameters. A number of special tests are described and their properties discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1952

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