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arxiv: 1711.00775 · v2 · pith:MGSTAQWLnew · submitted 2017-11-02 · ⚛️ physics.data-an · hep-ex

A Paradox about Likelihood Ratios?

Louis Lyons This is my paper
classification ⚛️ physics.data-an hep-ex
keywords asymptoticchi-squaredconsiderdifferencedistributionsexamplesexpectedgaussian
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We consider whether the asymptotic distributions for the log-likelihood ratio test statistic are expected to be Gaussian or chi-squared. Two straightforward examples provide insight on the difference.

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