The Logical Consistency of Simultaneous Agnostic Hypothesis Tests

Simultaneous hypothesis tests can fail to provide results that meet logical requirements. For example, if A and B are two statements such that A implies B, there exist tests that, based on the same data, reject B but not A. Such outcomes are generally inconvenient to statisticians (who want to commu...

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Published in:Entropy
Main Authors: Luís G. Esteves, Rafael Izbicki, Julio M. Stern, Rafael B. Stern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-07-01
Subjects:
agnostic tests
multiple hypothesis testing
logical consistency
decision theory
loss functions
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/18/7/256

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