Bayesian checking of the second levels of hierarchical models

DOI10.1214/07-STS235zbMath1246.62029arXiv0802.0743OpenAlexW3101742435MaRDI QIDQ449762

M. J. Bayarri, María Eugenia Castellanos

Publication date: 1 September 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.0743

zbMATH Keywords

model checkingp-valuesconflictmodel criticismempirical-Bayesobjective Bayesian methodspartial posterior predictiveposterior predictive

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Empirical decision procedures; empirical Bayes procedures (62C12)

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Uses Software

• BayesDA

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