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nuisance parameters

nuisance parameters is the plural of nuisance parameter.

Meaning of nuisance parameter

Noun

nuisance parameter (plural nuisance parameters)

  1. A parameter of the distribution of a population that is not directly relevant to solving the significance test or estimate problem under consideration.
    • [T]esting for the null hypothesis […] is subject to the problem of a nuisance parameter that is present only under the alternative, which makes standard asymptotic inference invalid[.]2023, Florens Odendahl, Barbara Rossi, Tatevik Sekhposyan, “Evaluating forecast performance with state dependence”, in Journal of Econometrics, number 237, page 5 of 31

Questions about nuisance parameters

What is nuisance parameters the plural of?
Nuisance parameters is the plural of nuisance parameter.

Words near nuisance parameters in the dictionary

  1. nuisance fee
  2. nuisance fees
  3. nuisance ground
  4. nuisance grounds
  5. nuisance parameter
  6. nuisance parameters
  7. nuisance tax
  8. nuisance taxes
  9. nuisanceless
  10. nuisancer
  11. nuisancers

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