Bayesian Interpretation of Frequentist Procedures for a Bernoulli Process

American Statistician

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-13

  Bernard, Jean Marc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Binary data; Correction for continuity; Ignorance zone; Inclusive exclusive convention; Noninformative prior; One sided significance test; Reference bayesian approach; Stopping rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030545779     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1996.10473534     Document Type: Article

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