Power priors and their use in clinical trials

American Statistician

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-129

  De Santis, Fulvio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conjugate analysis; Elicitation; Geometric priors; Objective Bayesian analysis; Prediction; Training sample

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744509671     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313006X109269     Document Type: Review

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