"Neyman-Pearson lemma" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Named after Jerzy Neyman and Egon Pearson. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Neyman-Pearson lemma
  1. (statistics) A lemma stating that when performing a hypothesis test between two point hypotheses H₀: θ = θ₀ and H₁: θ = θ₁, then the likelihood-ratio test which rejects H₀ in favour of H₁ when Λ(x)=(L(θ₀∣x))/(L(θ₁∣x))≤η where P(Λ(X)≤η∣H_0)=α is the most powerful test of size α for a threshold η. Wikipedia link: Neyman–Pearson lemma Categories (topical): Statistics

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