Bayes factors based on test statistics

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 689-701

  Johnson, Valen E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hypothesis tests; Model selection; Posterior model probabilities; Posterior odds; Strength of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044457646     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2005.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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