A Bayesian formulation of exploratory data analysis and goodness-of-fit testing

International Statistical Review

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 369-382

  Gelman, Andrew ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Fisher's exact test; Graphics; Mixture model; Model checking; Multiple imputation; P value; Posterior predictive check; Prior predictive check; U value

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042360596     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2003.tb00203.x     Document Type: Review

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