Definition:Fiducial Inference
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Definition
Fiducial inference is the technique of using a fiducial distribution to make probabilistic inferences about the values of unknown coefficients.
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Also see
- Results about fiducial inference can be found here.
Historical Note
The technique of fiducial inference was introduced by Ronald Aylmer Fisher in $1935$.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): fiducial inference
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): fiducial inference