The Jeffreys-Lindley paradox and discovery criteria in high energy physics

DOI10.1007/s11229-014-0525-zzbMath1385.81049arXiv1310.3791OpenAlexW3106213137MaRDI QIDQ1708765

Robert D. Cousins

Publication date: 27 March 2018

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.3791

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesian model selectionhigh energy physicsLindley's paradoxJeffreys-Lindley paradox\(p\) values

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimax procedures in statistical decision theory (62C20) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) Nuclear physics (81V35) Applications of statistics to physics (62P35)

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