Example sentences for: likelihood-ratio

How can you use “likelihood-ratio” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Optimal statistical power (minimal false-negative rate) is ensured when using a likelihood-ratio test statistic, as demonstrated by the Pearson-Neyman Theorem [ 28].

  • White et al . [ 19] used a likelihood-ratio test to determine whether word frequencies from a particular sequence more closely resemble the frequency distribution of control data sets from the taxon being sequenced or a distantly related outgroup.

  • Though the likelihood-ratio test statistic indicates the magnitude of similarity to A or B , we do not know what values for t are significant with known confidence.

  • Dunning's likelihood-ratio test of word dissimilarities [ 27] also has the appealing property of being non-parametric, having no assumption of normality for the underlying frequency distribution, which makes it statistically powerful [ 28].


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