Goals and the informativeness of prior probabilities

DOI10.1007/s10670-017-9907-1zbMath1398.62015OpenAlexW2623081800MaRDI QIDQ1800428

Olav B. Vassend

Publication date: 23 October 2018

Published in: Erkenntnis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/13302/1/Goals%20and%20the%20Informativeness%20of%20Prior%20Probabilities%20Erkenntnis%20Preprint.pdf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures (62C10) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01)

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