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NEYMAN, JERZY & EGON S. PEARSON. On the Problem of the Most Efficient Tests of Statistical Hypotheses. London: for the Royal Society by Harrison and Sons, 1933.
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NEYMAN, JERZY & EGON S. PEARSON.
On the Problem of the Most Efficient Tests of Statistical Hypotheses. London: for the Royal Society by Harrison and Sons, 1933.
4to (304 x 232 mm). Original printed green wrappers. Partially sunned. Offprint from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A, Volume 231.
Provenance: Anders Hjorth Hald (Ownership signature and Danish bookseller tag to front wrapper).
FIRST OFFPRINT EDITION OF THE PAPER THAT INTRODUCED THE NEYMAN-PEARSON LEMMA, the basis of hypothesis testing with applications in signal processing systems, digital communication systems, radar systems, as well as in economics to calculate the demand function of the consumer and even in particle physics to construct analysis-specific likelihood ratios.
4to (304 x 232 mm). Original printed green wrappers. Partially sunned. Offprint from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A, Volume 231.
Provenance: Anders Hjorth Hald (Ownership signature and Danish bookseller tag to front wrapper).
FIRST OFFPRINT EDITION OF THE PAPER THAT INTRODUCED THE NEYMAN-PEARSON LEMMA, the basis of hypothesis testing with applications in signal processing systems, digital communication systems, radar systems, as well as in economics to calculate the demand function of the consumer and even in particle physics to construct analysis-specific likelihood ratios.