Unified frequentist and Bayesian testing of a precise hypothesis. With comments by Dennis V. Lindley, Thomas A. Louis and David Hinkley and a rejoinder by the authors

DOI10.1214/ss/1030037904zbMath0955.62527OpenAlexW1560253801MaRDI QIDQ1596132

Y. Wang, James O. Berger, Benzion Boukai

Publication date: 7 February 2001

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1030037904

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01)

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