The marginalization or Jeffreys-Lindley paradox: it’s already been resolved.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2024-12-23
Nicole Wang writes:
I am a PhD student in statistics starting this year. I read the Dawid et al. (1973) marginalization paradoxes paper. I found several approaches claiming their “resolution” to this paradox. I am very curious whether you think there is a complete resolution to this paradox so far. If there is one, I sincerely wonder what it is. If not, which approach(s) do you think it(they) is(are) closer to the resolution?
I replied by pointing to these two posts: Christian Robert on the Jeffreys-Lindley paradox; more generally, it’s good news when philosophical arguments can be transformed into technical modeling issues and My problem with the Lindley paradox. It’s not a topic I’ve thought about much lately because to me it’s already been resolved.