Support curve

Support curve

A statistical term, coined by A. W. F. Edwards, to describe the graph of the natural logarithm of the likelihood function [cite book|last=Edwards|first=A.W.F.|authorlink=A. W. F. Edwards|origyear=1972|year=1992|title=Likelihood|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore|isbn=0-8018-4443-6] . Used in the computation of the score and Fisher information. The term refers to the hypotheses being tested (i.e., whether or not the data "support" one or the other).

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