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

DOI10.1007/BF02589047zbMath1153.62312MaRDI QIDQ3598239

William H. Jefferys, James O. Berger

Publication date: 3 February 2009

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

zbMATH Keywords

Bayes factor; Occam's razor; Monte-Carlo integration; P-value; Mercury's perihilion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62F03: Parametric hypothesis testing

62F15: Bayesian inference

62F35: Robustness and adaptive procedures (parametric inference)

62A01: Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics

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