What is Bayesian Statistics and Why Everything Else is Wrong
Author: M. Lavine
We use a single example to explain:
*the Likelihood Principle
*Bayesian statistics, and
*why classical statistics cannot be used to compare hypotheses.
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION
THE SLATER SCHOOL
THE LIKELIHOOD
A BAYESIAN ANALYSIS
A NON-BAYESIAN ANALYSIS
DISCUSSION
Continuous Theta
Subjectivity of the Prior
Philosophical Objections
Do the Two Approaches Agree?
There Are Thousands of Schools
REFERENCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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