Support curve
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A statistical term, coined by A. W. F. Edwards, to describe the graph of the natural logarithm of the likelihood function[1]. Used in the computation of the score and Fisher information. The term refers to the hypotheses being tested (i.e., whether or not the data support one or the other).
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- ^ Edwards, A.W.F. [1972] (1992). Likelihood. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. ISBN 0-8018-4443-6.
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