How to be a Better Bayesian

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 434, 1996, Pages 733-742

  Samaniego, Francisco J ^a   Neath, Andrew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes risk; Empirical Bayes; Hierarchical models; Linear Bayes rules; Mean correct priors; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030556366     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1996.10476941     Document Type: Article

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