Bayesian Analysis
- Bayesian Anal.
- Volume 3, Number 3 (2008), 445-449.
Objections to Bayesian statistics
Abstract
Bayesian inference is one of the more controversial approaches to statistics. The fundamental objections to Bayesian methods are twofold: on one hand, Bayesian methods are presented as an automatic inference engine, and this raises suspicion in anyone with applied experience. The second objection to Bayes comes from the opposite direction and addresses the subjective strand of Bayesian inference. This article presents a series of objections to Bayesian inference, written in the voice of a hypothetical anti-Bayesian statistician. The article is intended to elicit elaborations and extensions of these and other arguments from non-Bayesians and responses from Bayesians who might have different perspectives on these issues.
Article information
Source
Bayesian Anal. Volume 3, Number 3 (2008), 445-449.
Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 22 June 2012
Permanent link to this document
http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ba/1340370429
Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/08-BA318
Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2434394
Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1330.62046
Keywords
Foundations Comparisons to other methods
Citation
Gelman, Andrew. Objections to Bayesian statistics. Bayesian Anal. 3 (2008), no. 3, 445--449. doi:10.1214/08-BA318. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ba/1340370429.
See also
- José M. Bernardo. Comment on article by Gelman. Bayesian Anal., Vol. 3, Iss. 3 (2008), 451-453.Project Euclid: euclid.ba/1340370430
- Joseph B. Kadane. Comment on article by Gelman. Bayesian Anal., Vol. 3, Iss. 3 (2008), 455-457.Project Euclid: euclid.ba/1340370431
- Stephen Senn. Comment on article by Gelman. Bayesian Anal., Vol. 3, Iss. 3 (2008), 459-461.Project Euclid: euclid.ba/1340370432
- Larry Wasserman. Comment on article by Gelman. Bayesian Anal., Vol. 3, Iss. 3 (2008), 463-465.Project Euclid: euclid.ba/1340370433
- Andrew Gelman. Rejoinder. Bayesian Anal., Vol. 3, Iss. 3 (2008), 467-477.Project Euclid: euclid.ba/1340370434
