Basu’s theorem

Theorem taught in Exponential families and conjugacy, part of Bayesian statistics

Basu’s theorem

Type Theorem
Taught in Exponential families and conjugacy
Part Bayesian statistics

A complete sufficient statistic is independent of every ancillary statistic.

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See also

Sufficient statistic · Ancillary statistic · Statistic and estimator · Fisher–Neyman factorisation · Minimal sufficiency · Complete statistic · Natural exponential family · Translation to another common notation

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