Cramer-Rao inequality;
Fisher information;
linear models;
normal distribution;
D O I:
10.1198/000313001317098194
中图分类号:
O21 [概率论与数理统计];
C8 [统计学];
学科分类号:
020208 ;
070103 ;
0714 ;
摘要:
The Cramer-Rao inequality is obtained as a direct corollary of (i) monotonicity of the Fisher information and (ii) a lower bound for the information in linear models. The proof connects the fundamental inequality with linear models and has methodological advantages over the standard proof.