Convergence of posterior odds

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 331-344

  Levine, Richard A ^a   Casella, George ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes; Bayes factors; Hypothesis testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030575767     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(95)00198-0     Document Type: Article

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