Comment: The importance of Jeffreys's legacy

Statistical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-182

  Kass, Robert ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian inference; Bayes factors; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955144534     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/09-STS284A     Document Type: Article

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