Neutral-data comparisons for Bayesian testing

[摘要] A novel approach to evidence assessment in Bayesian hypothesis testing is proposed, in the form of a "neutral-data comparison." The proposed assessment is similar to a Bayes factor, but, rather than comparing posterior to prior odds, it compares the poste

[学科分类] 统计和概率

[关键词] Bayesian hypothesis testing;Bayes factors;Bayesian asymptotic-consistency;model choice in high dimensions;analysis of variance