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seminars:stat:181115

Statistics Seminar
Department of Mathematical Sciences

DATE:Thursday, November 15, 2018
TIME:1:15pm – 2:15pm
LOCATION:WH 100E
SPEAKER:Li, Kexuan, Binghamton University
TITLE:A proof of optimality of the Sequential Probability Ratio Test


Abstract

We present a proof that Wald's (1947) Sequential Probability Ratio Test for simple hypotheses delivers the smallest possible expected sample size under either hypothesis among all reasonable tests with fixed type I and type II error probabilities.

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