Bayesian model selection using test statistics

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-158

  Hu, Jianhua ^a,b   Johnson, Valen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Coherency; F statistic; False discovery rate; Likelihood ratio statistic; Model selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149327271     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2008.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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