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Theory of Statistics - George Mason University

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natural parameter space, 173<br />

negligible set, 704, 705<br />

neighborhood, 617, 618<br />

Newton’s method, 804, 817<br />

Neyman structure, 516, 521<br />

Neyman-Pearson Lemma, 513<br />

Neyman-Scott problem, 486<br />

no-data problem, 201, 326<br />

nondegenerate random variable, 9<br />

nonexistence <strong>of</strong> optimal statistical<br />

methods, 273<br />

noninformative prior, 345<br />

nonnegative definite matrix, 776, 782<br />

nonparametric family, 13, 159<br />

nonparametric inference, 211, 242,<br />

495–498, 557–559<br />

function estimation, 560–593<br />

likelihood methods, 495<br />

test, 531–532<br />

nonparametric probability density<br />

estimation, 574–593<br />

nonparametric test, 531–532<br />

nonrandomized test, 289, 505<br />

norm, 631, 635, 773, 838<br />

Euclidean, 637, 774<br />

Frobenius, 774, 787<br />

in IR d , 635<br />

Lp, 773<br />

<strong>of</strong> a function, 737<br />

<strong>of</strong> a matrix, 774, 787<br />

<strong>of</strong> a vector, 635<br />

normal distribution, characterizations<br />

<strong>of</strong>, 191<br />

normal equations, 247, 252, 434<br />

normal function, 738<br />

normal integral, 675<br />

normal vector, 679, 773<br />

nuisance parameter, 219<br />

null hypothesis, 287<br />

O(·), 83, 646<br />

o(·), 83, 646<br />

OP(·), 83<br />

oP(·), 83<br />

objective prior, 345–346<br />

observed significance level, 288<br />

octile skewness, 53<br />

one-parameter exponential family, 173,<br />

267<br />

<strong>Theory</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Statistics</strong> c○2000–2013 James E. Gentle<br />

Index 893<br />

one-sided confidence interval, 294<br />

one-step MLE, 463<br />

one-to-one function, 619<br />

one-way AOV model, 430–432, 484–486<br />

open cover, 616<br />

open set, 616, 618, 707<br />

optimization, 681, 814–824<br />

optimization <strong>of</strong> vector/matrix functions,<br />

803<br />

orbit, 748<br />

order <strong>of</strong> a field, 627<br />

order <strong>of</strong> kernel or U statistic, 400<br />

order statistic, 62–65, 96–99, 108–109,<br />

218, 248, 405, 559–560<br />

asymptotic distribution, 96–99<br />

ordered field, 628<br />

ordered set, 614, 638<br />

ordering, 614<br />

linear, 614<br />

total, 614<br />

well, 614<br />

Ornstein-Ulenbeck process, 766<br />

orthogonal matrix, 776<br />

orthogonal polynomials, 563, 743–746<br />

orthogonality, 631<br />

orthogonalizing vectors, 679<br />

orthogonally diagonalizable, 778<br />

orthogonally similar, 778<br />

orthonormal vectors, 679, 773<br />

outer measure, 699<br />

outlier-generating distribution, 166<br />

over-dispersion, 494<br />

P p distribution function space, 747<br />

p-value, 288, 508<br />

parameter space, 12, 159, 168<br />

natural, 173<br />

parametric family, 13, 159, 231<br />

parametric inference, 211<br />

parametric-support family, 177, 224,<br />

495<br />

Parseval’s theorem, 751<br />

partial correlation, 118<br />

partial likelihood, 497, 574<br />

partition function in a PDF, 20, 172,<br />

333<br />

partition <strong>of</strong> a set, 612<br />

PCER (per comparison error rate), 533<br />

PDF (probability density function), 17

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