The selection of prior distributions by formal rules

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 435, 1996, Pages 1343-1370

  Kass, Robert E ^a   Wasserman, Larry ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factors; Entropy; Haar measure; Improper priors; Jeffreys's prior; Marginalization paradoxes; Noninformative priors; Reference priors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030327756     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1996.10477003     Document Type: Article

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