A Bayesian analysis for the multivariate point null testing problem

Statistics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-391

  Gómez Villegas, Miguel A ^a   Maín, Paloma ^a   Sanz, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mixed prior distributions; Multivariate point null hypothesis; P value; Posterior probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449448321     PISSN: 02331888     EISSN: 10294910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02331880802505173     Document Type: Article

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