Is bayes posterior just quick and dirty confidence?

Statistical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-316

  Fraser, D A S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayes; Bayes error rate; Confidence; Default prior; Evaluating a prior; Nonlinear parameter; Posterior; Prior

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655179897     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/11-STS352     Document Type: Article

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