The Schwarz criterion and related methods for normal linear models

Biometrika

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-27

  Pauler, Donna K ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Mixed effects model; Nested hypotheses; Regression; Unit information

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002648792     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/85.1.13     Document Type: Article

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