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the problem of comparing two normal means when the two population variances are unknown and possibly unequal, which has no exact frequentist solution.

In statistics, Behrens-Fisher problem refers to the problem of comparing two normal means when the two population variances are unknown and possibly unequal, which has no exact frequentist solution. This meaning comes from Fisher (1935) in Annals of Eugenics.[1]

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References

Fisher, R. A. (1935). The Fiducial Argument in Statistical Inference. Annals of Eugenics, 6(4), 391-398. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1809.1935.tb02120.x

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