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Probability Proofs for Stirling (and More): the Ubiquitous Role of
Nils Lid Hjort, Emil Aas Stoltenberg
The Stirling approximation formula for dates from 1730. Here we give new and instructive proofs of this and related approximation formulae via tools of probability and statist…
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Model robust hybrid likelihood
Ingrid Dæhlen, Nils Lid Hjort
The article concerns hybrid combinations of empirical and parametric likelihood functions. Combining the two allows classical parametric likelihood to be crucially modified via the…