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 factorOccam's razorMonte-Carlo integrationP-valueMercury's perihilion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Parametric hypothesis testing (62F03) Bayesian inference (62F15) Robustness and adaptive procedures (parametric inference) (62F35) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01)

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