Herman Chernoff - Researcher Profile

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A Measure of Asymptotic Efficiency for Tests of a Hypothesis Based on the sum of Observations

Herman Chernoff

In many cases an optimum or computationally convenient test of a simple hypothesis $H_0$ against a simple alternative $H_1$ may be given in the following form. Reject $H_0$ if $...

1952 The Annals of Mathematical Statistics 3556 citations

Gradient methods of maximization

Jean Bronfenbrenner Crockett , Herman Chernoff

1955 Pacific Journal of Mathematics 102 citations

On the Distribution of the Likelihood Ratio

Herman Chernoff

A classical result due to Wilks [1] on the distribution of the likelihood ratio $\\lambda$ is the following. Under suitable regularity conditions, if the hypothesis that a param...

1954 The Annals of Mathematical Statistics 780 citations

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Jean Bronfenbrenner Crockett

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