Testing a precise null hypothesis: The case of Lindley's Paradox

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 733-744

  Sprenger, Jan ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84891953767     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673730     Document Type: Article

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