Consistency (statistics)
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Consistency (statistics)
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In statistics, consistency of procedures, such as computing confidence intervals or conducting hypothesis tests, is a desired property of their behaviour as the number of items in the data set to which they are applied increases indefinitely. In particular, consistency requires that as the dataset size increases, the outcome of the procedure approaches the correct outcome.
Use of the term in statistics derives from Sir Ronald Fisher in 1922. Use of the terms consistency and consistent in statist
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