Behrens-Fisher problem

English

Etymology

Named after Walter Behrens and Ronald Fisher.

Noun

Behrens-Fisher problem (plural Behrens-Fisher problems)

  1. (statistics) 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.
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