Prior specification in Bayesian statistics: three cautionary tales

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.02.002zbMath1448.62191OpenAlexW2159450977WikidataQ51945515 ScholiaQ51945515MaRDI QIDQ2201829

Stefan Van Dongen

Publication date: 17 September 2020

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.02.002

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesiansubjectiveprior specificationuninformative priorweak prior

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) General biostatistics (92B15) Bayesian inference (62F15) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01)

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Uses Software

• BayesDA

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