Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behrens-fisher problem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: behren-s--fish-er prob-lem
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

Named after Walter Behrens and Ronald Fisher.

Inflected Forms

Behrens-Fisher problems (plural)

Questions

What does behrens-fisher problem mean?: 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.
Where does behrens-fisher problem come from?: Named after Walter Behrens and Ronald Fisher.

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