Misinformation in the conjugate prior for the linear model with implications for freeknot spline modelling

Bayesian Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 375-383

  Paciorek, Christopher J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; BIC; Model selection; Nonparametric regression; Unit information prior

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749099376     PISSN: 19360975     EISSN: 19316690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/06-BA114     Document Type: Article

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