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May 2014 Discussion of “On the Birnbaum Argument for the Strong Likelihood Principle”
Jan Hannig
Statist. Sci. 29(2): 254-258 (May 2014). DOI: 10.1214/14-STS474

Abstract

In this discussion we demonstrate that fiducial distributions provide a natural example of an inference paradigm that does not obey Strong Likelihood Principle while still satisfying the Weak Conditionality Principle.

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Jan Hannig. "Discussion of “On the Birnbaum Argument for the Strong Likelihood Principle”." Statist. Sci. 29 (2) 254 - 258, May 2014. https://doi.org/10.1214/14-STS474

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Published: May 2014
First available in Project Euclid: 18 August 2014

zbMATH: 1332.62023
MathSciNet: MR3264539
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/14-STS474

Keywords: generalized fiducial inference , strong likelihood principle violation , weak conditionality principle

Rights: Copyright © 2014 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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