Testing and estimating the non-disjunction fraction in meiosis i using reference priors

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 824-839

  Loschi, Rosangela H ^a   Monteiro, João V D ^a   Rocha, Gustavo H M A ^a   Mayrink, Vinicius D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Full bayesian significance test; Non informative priors; Trisomy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

BAYES ESTIMATES; BAYES FACTOR; FULL BAYESIAN SIGNIFICANCE TESTS; JEFFREYS; JEFFREYS'S PRIORS; NON-INFORMATIVE PRIOR; REFERENCE PRIOR; SIMULATION STUDIES; TEST PROCEDURES; TRISOMY;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 38049117768     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200710364     Document Type: Article

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