Bayes, Jeffreys, prior distributions and the philosophy of statistics

DOI10.1214/09-STS284DzbMath1328.62009arXiv1001.2968MaRDI QIDQ903269

Andrew Gelman

Publication date: 5 January 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.2968

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of statistics (62-03)

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Uses Software

• BayesDA

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