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Discussion by P.J. Bickel

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Professor Nousek discusses three examples of statistical inference in astronomy where the number of counts (of photons, etc.) is small. In his discussion he advances various methods of analysis on which I shall comment.

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  1. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Eric D. Feigelson

  2. Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    G. Jogesh Babu

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  1. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Eric D. Feigelson

  2. Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    G. Jogesh Babu

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Feigelson, E.D., Babu, G.J. (1992). Discussion by P.J. Bickel. In: Feigelson, E.D., Babu, G.J. (eds) Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9290-3_36

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