Default Bayes Factors for Nonnested Hypothesis Testing

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 94, Issue 446, 1999, Pages 542-554

  Berger, J O ^a   Mortera, J ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Fractional Bayes factor; Intrinsic Bayes factor; Model comparison; Multiple hypothesis testing; One sided hypothesis testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542532719     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1999.10474149     Document Type: Article

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