Basu thus had a good understanding of the decision-theoretic approach to statistics of Neyman, Pearson and Wald. In fact, Basu is described as having returned from Berkeley to India as a ``complete Neyman Pearsonian'' by J. K. Ghosh. Basu met Ronald Fisher in the winter of 1954--1955; he wrote in 1988, ``With his reference set argument, Sir Ronald was trying to find a via media between the two poles of Statistics --
Basu thus had a good understanding of the decision-theoretic approach to statistics of Neyman, Pearson and Wald.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Basu
Basu
PROPN
NNP
advmod
thus
thus
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
good
good
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
understanding
understanding
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
decision
decision
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
Degree=Pos
theoretic
theoretic
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
approach
approach
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
statistic
statistics
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Neyman
Neyman
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
conj
Number=Sing
Pearson
Pearson
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Wald
Wald
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
In fact, Basu is described as having returned from Berkeley to India as a ``complete Neyman Pearsonian'' by J. K. Ghosh.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
fact
fact
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Basu
Basu
PROPN
NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
describe
described
VERB
VBN
mark
as
as
SCONJ
IN
aux
VerbForm=Ger
have
having
AUX
VBG
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
return
returned
VERB
VBN
case
from
from
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Berkeley
Berkeley
PROPN
NNP
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
India
India
PROPN
NNP
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
complete
complete
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
Neyman
Neyman
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
Pearsonian
Pearsonian
PROPN
NNP
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
case
by
by
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
J.
J.
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
K.
K.
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Ghosh
Ghosh
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Basu met Ronald Fisher in the winter of 1954--1955; he wrote in 1988, ``With his reference set argument, Sir Ronald was trying to find a via media between the two poles of Statistics --
nsubj
Number=Sing
Basu
Basu
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
meet
met
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
Ronald
Ronald
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Fisher
Fisher
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
winter
winter
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1954
1954
NUM
CD
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
case
-
-
SYM
SYM
nmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1955
1955
NUM
CD
punct
;
;
PUNCT
:
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
parataxis
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
write
wrote
VERB
VBD
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1988
1988
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
case
with
With
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
compound
Number=Sing
reference
reference
NOUN
NN
compound
Number=Sing
set
set
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
argument
argument
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Sir
Sir
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Ronald
Ronald
PROPN
NNP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
ccomp
Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part
try
trying
VERB
VBG
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
find
find
VERB
VB
obj
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
case
via
via
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
media
media
NOUN
NN
case
between
between
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
two
two
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Plur
pole
poles
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
Statistic
Statistics
PROPN
NNPS
punct
--
--
PUNCT
,