Implications of reference priors for prior information and for sample size

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 433, 1996, Pages 173-184

  Clarke, Bertrand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Experimental design; Information; Relative entropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009064192     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1996.10476674     Document Type: Article

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