Can a significance test be genuinely bayesian?

Bayesian Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-100

  Pereira, Carlos A De B ^a   Stern, Julio Michael ^a   Wechsler, Sergio ^a  

^a Institute of Mathematics and Statistics   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayes tests; Sharp hypotheses; Significance tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849147766     PISSN: 19360975     EISSN: 19316690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/08-BA303     Document Type: Article

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