Objective testing procedures in linear models: Calibration of the p-values

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 765-784

  Girón, F Javier ^a,b   Martínez, M Lina ^a   Moreno, Elías ^a   Torres, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calibration curve; G priors; Intrinsic priors; Jeffreys prior; Model selection; Normal linear model; P values; Reference prior; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750993167     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2006.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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