The Bayes factor and the problem of testing precise hypotheses from a Bayesian point of view

• Autores: José Enrique Chacón Durán , Jesús Montanero Fernández , Agustín García Nogales , P. Pérez
• Localización: XXX Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa y de las IV Jornadas de Estadística Pública: actas, 2007, ISBN 978-84-690-7249-3
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • An interesting problem in classical statistical inference is that of testing a point (or precise) null hypothesis. From a Bayesian point of view, a major handicap arises when testing a precise hypothesis, as its final probability is zero for continuous posterior distributions. Two Bayesian methods to deal with this problem not implying modifications of the prior distribution are suggested.