A suitable bayesian approach in testing point null hypothesis: some examples revisited

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-217

  Gómez Villegas, Miguel A ^a   Maín, Paloma ^a   Sanz, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

p Values; Point null; Posterior probability; Prior distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244434337     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STA-120002646     Document Type: Article

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