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Nested Hypothesis

Let $S$ be the set of all possibilities that satisfy Hypothesis $H$, and let $S'$ be the set of all possibilities that satisfy Hypothesis $H'$. Then $H'$ is a nested hypothesis within $H$ Iff $S'\subset S$, where $\subset$ denotes the Proper Subset.

See also Log Likelihood Procedure




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1999-05-25