Integrated Objective Bayesian Estimation and Hypothesis Testing

Bayesian Statistics 9

Volumn 9780199694587, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bernardo, José M ^a   Pericchi, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Contingency tables; Decision theory; Foundations; Hardy Weinberg equilibrium; Interval estimation; Intrinsic discrepancy; Kullback Leibler divergence; Point estimation; Precise hypothesis testing; Reference analysis; Reference priors; Region estimation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION THEORY; FOUNDATIONS; INFERENCE ENGINES;

CONTINGENCY TABLE; HARDY-WEINBERG EQUILIBRIUM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERVAL ESTIMATION; INTRINSIC DISCREPANCY; KULLBACK LEIBLER DIVERGENCE; POINT ESTIMATION; REFERENCE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE PRIOR;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 84933474400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199694587.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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