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A note on recent criticisms to Birnbaum's theorem

Statistics Theory 2017-11-23 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

In this note, we provide critical commentary on two articles that cast doubt on the validity and implications of Birnbaum's theorem: Evans (2013) and Mayo (2014). In our view, the proof is correct and the consequences of the theorem are alive and well.

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@article{arxiv.1711.08093,
  title  = {A note on recent criticisms to Birnbaum's theorem},
  author = {Víctor Peña and James O. Berger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.08093},
  year   = {2017}
}
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