The choice of sample size and the method of maximum expected utility - Comments on the paper by Lindley

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-162

  Adcock, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Average coverage criterion; Average length criterion; Bayesian methods; Coherence; Maximum expected utility; Sample size; Utility function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006373438     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00072     Document Type: Article

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