Asymptotic Distribution of P Values in Composite Null Models

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 452, 2000, Pages 1143-1156

  Robins, James M ^a   van der Vaart, Aad ^b   Ventura, ValéRie ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic relative efficiency; Bayesian p values; Bootstrap tests; Goodness of fit; Model checking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442309488     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2000.10474310     Document Type: Article

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