Integrated likelihood methods for eliminating nuisance parameters. (With comments and a rejoinder).

DOI10.1214/ss/1009211804zbMath1059.62521OpenAlexW1585365342MaRDI QIDQ1431155

James O. Berger, Brunero Liseo, Robert L. Wolpert

Publication date: 27 May 2004

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1009211804

zbMATH Keywords

nuisance parameters profile likelihood reference priors Marginal likelihood

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Point estimation (62F10) Bayesian inference (62F15) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01)

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