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The present paper was prepared using the facilities provided by three grants: the U.S. Energy Research and Development Agency; the National Institutes of Health, research grant No. ESO1299-13; the Office of Naval Research, contract No. NOOO14-75-C-0159/NRO82-230. I am indebted to Mr. Keith Sharp for performing the Monte Carlo simulation experiment which produced Figures 5 and 6.

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Neyman, J. Frequentist probability and frequentist statistics. Synthese 36, 97–131 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485695

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