English Explanatory Dictionary

Behrens-Fisher problem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The problem of interval estimation and hypothesis testing concerning the difference between the means of two normally distributed populations when the variances of the two populations are not assumed to be equal, based on two independent samples.

Word forms

Behrens-Fisher problem Behrens-Fisher problems

Etymology

Named after Walter Behrens and Ronald Fisher.

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