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Meaning of Fisher information | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A measure of the amount of information that an observable random variable X carries about an unknown parameter θ of a distribution that models X. Formally, it is the variance of the score, or the expected value of the observed information.

uncountable

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Fisher King fisher-boat Fisher-Tippett theorem Fisher-Tippett-Gnedenko theorem Fisher-Yates shuffle Fisher's seahorse

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