An Objective Bayesian Approach to Multistage Hypothesis Testing

DOI10.1080/07474940903482452zbMath1185.62015MaRDI QIDQ5190367

Bruno Lecoutre, Pierre Bunouf

Publication date: 17 March 2010

Published in: Sequential Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/07474940903482452

zbMATH Keywords

Bayes factor; likelihood principle; objective prior; frequentist characteristics; Jeffreys' criterion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62F03: Parametric hypothesis testing

62F15: Bayesian inference

62C10: Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures

62L05: Sequential statistical design

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