Posterior predictive p-values in bayesian hierarchical models

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 320-336

  Steinbakk, Gunnhildur Högnadóttir ^a   Storvik, Geir Olve ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calibration of p values; Hierarchical models; Model criticism; Posterior predictive p values

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949091122     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2008.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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