Minimax‐Optimal Strength of Statistical Evidence for a Composite Alternative Hypothesis

DOI10.1111/insr.12008zbMath1416.62063arXiv1101.0305OpenAlexW3123899533WikidataQ57826623 ScholiaQ57826623MaRDI QIDQ4968560

David R. Bickel

Publication date: 16 July 2019

Published in: International Statistical Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.0305

zbMATH Keywords

empirical Bayesminimum description lengthmultiple comparisonsmultiple testingweighted likelihoodrandom-effects modelnormalized maximum likelihoodobjective Bayes factorobjective Bayesian model selectionindirect evidencelikelihood paradigmstrength of statistical evidencedirect likelihoodlikelihoodisminformation for discriminationpure likelihood

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures (62C10) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01)

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