In statistics, a procedure, such as computing confidence intervals or conducting hypothesis tests, is consistent if the outcome of the procedure converges to the correct outcome as sample size goes to infinity. Use of the term in statistics derives from Sir Ronald Fisher in 1922.
In statistics, a procedure, such as computing confidence intervals or conducting hypothesis tests, is consistent if the outcome of the procedure converges to the correct outcome as sample size goes to infinity. Use of the term in statistics derives from Sir Ronald Fisher in 1922.
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