Approximations of marginal tail probabilities for a class of smooth functions with applications to Bayesian and conditional inference

DOI10.1093/biomet/78.4.891zbMath0753.62010MaRDI QIDQ4020629

Michael A. Martin, Thomas J. DiCiccio

Publication date: 17 January 1993

Published in: Biometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/78.4.891

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic expansion; exponential families; numerical examples; conditional inference; conditional likelihood; natural parameter; confidence limit; noncentral \(t\)-distribution; exponential regression model; asymptotic approximation of marginal tail probabilities; marginal posterior distribution function; refinements of the standard normal approximation; signed root likelihood ratio statistics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62E20: Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics

62P10: Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis

62F15: Bayesian inference

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