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May 2014 Discussion of “On the Birnbaum Argument for the Strong Likelihood Principle”
Jan F. Bjørnstad
Statist. Sci. 29(2): 259-260 (May 2014). DOI: 10.1214/14-STS475

Abstract

The paper by Mayo claims to provide a new clarification and critique of Birnbaum’s argument for showing that sufficiency and conditionality principles imply the likelihood principle. However, much of the arguments go back to arguments made thirty to forty years ago. Also, the main contention in the paper, that Birnbaum’s arguments are not valid, seems to rest on a misunderstanding.

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Jan F. Bjørnstad. "Discussion of “On the Birnbaum Argument for the Strong Likelihood Principle”." Statist. Sci. 29 (2) 259 - 260, May 2014. https://doi.org/10.1214/14-STS475

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

zbMATH: 1332.62017
MathSciNet: MR3264540
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/14-STS475

Keywords: Birnbaum’s theorem , conditionality , likelihood , sufficiency

Rights: Copyright © 2014 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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