Closed form expressions for bayesian sample size

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1293-1330

  Clarke, B ^a   Yuan, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic; Bayesian inference; Edgeworth expansion; Posterior distribution; Sample size

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747197400     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/009053606000000308     Document Type: Article

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