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March 2008 Can a significance test be genuinely Bayesian?
Carlos A. de B. Pereira, Julio Michael Stern, Sergio Wechsler
Bayesian Anal. 3(1): 79-100 (March 2008). DOI: 10.1214/08-BA303

Abstract

The Full Bayesian Significance Test, FBST, is extensively reviewed. Its test statistic, a genuine Bayesian measure of evidence, is discussed in detail. Its behavior in some problems of statistical inference like testing for independence in contingency tables is discussed.

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Carlos A. de B. Pereira. Julio Michael Stern. Sergio Wechsler. "Can a significance test be genuinely Bayesian?." Bayesian Anal. 3 (1) 79 - 100, March 2008. https://doi.org/10.1214/08-BA303

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Published: March 2008
First available in Project Euclid: 22 June 2012

zbMATH: 1330.62049
MathSciNet: MR2383252
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/08-BA303

Keywords: 62A15 , 62C10 , 62F03 , 62F15 , Bayes tests , Sharp hypotheses , significance tests

Rights: Copyright © 2008 International Society for Bayesian Analysis

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