The calibration of P-values, posterior Bayes factors and the AIC from the posterior distribution of the likelihood

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-261

  Aitkin, Murray ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIC; Bayes factor; Fractional Bayes factor; Likelihood; P value; Posterior Bayes factor; Posterior distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042230284     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018550505678     Document Type: Article

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