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ancillary statistic: a standalone construct

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Mathematical statistics

statistic whose distribution does not depend on the unknown parameter, used to condition inference on relevant features of the observed sample.

In mathematical statistics, ancillary statistic refers to statistic whose distribution does not depend on the unknown parameter, used to condition inference on relevant features of the observed sample. This meaning comes from Fisher (1925) in Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.[1]

Unit
Recovery means
Measured by

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References

Fisher, R. A. (1925). Theory of Statistical Estimation. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 22(5), 700-725. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305004100009580

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