The application of robust Bayesian analysis to hypothesis testing and Occam's Razor

DOI10.1007/BF02589047zbMATH Open1153.62312MaRDI QIDQ3598239FDOQ3598239

James O. Berger, William H. Jefferys

Publication date: 3 February 2009

Published in: Journal of the Italian Statistical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Bayes factorOccam's razorMonte-Carlo integrationP-valueMercury's perihilion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Parametric hypothesis testing (62F03) Bayesian inference (62F15) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Robustness and adaptive procedures (parametric inference) (62F35)

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