Optimal hypothesis testing: From semi to fully Bayes factors

Metrika

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-138

  Vexler, Albert ^a   Wu, Chengqing ^b   Yu, Kai Fun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Hypotheses testing; Likelihood ratio; Maximum likelihood; Most powerful; Significance level; Type I error

Indexed keywords

EID: 75549091934     PISSN: 00261335     EISSN: 1435926X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00184-008-0205-4     Document Type: Article

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