DocumentCode
1641601
Title
The Lindley paradox, information and generalized functions
Author
Breitung, K.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Civil Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada
fYear
1995
Firstpage
720
Lastpage
723
Abstract
In testing a sharp point hypothesis there is a difference between frequentist and Bayesian results. Even for sample sizes increasing to infinity, Bayesian methods accept the point null hypothesis for values where the frequentist method leads to rejection. This is called the Lindley paradox. Here it is attempted to explain this. The reason appears to be not a specific feature of Bayesian methods, but a misuse of the theorem of Bayes
Keywords
Bayes methods; probability; Bayesian results; Lindley paradox; generalized functions; information; point hypothesis; sharp point hypothesis; Bayesian methods; Civil engineering; H infinity control; Probability; Random variables; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis, 1995, and Annual Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society. Proceedings of ISUMA - NAFIPS '95., Third International Symposium on
Conference_Location
College Park, MD
Print_ISBN
0-8186-7126-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISUMA.1995.527783
Filename
527783
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