My problem with the Lindley paradox

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2013-03-15

Summary:

From a couple years ago but still relevant, I think: To me, the Lindley paradox falls apart because of its noninformative prior distribution on the parameter of interest. If you really think there’s a high probability the parameter is nearly exactly zero, I don’t see the point of the model saying that you have no [...]

Link:

http://andrewgelman.com/2013/03/11/my-problem-with-the-lindley-paradox/

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bayesian statistics

Authors:

Andrew

Date tagged:

03/15/2013, 12:48

Date published:

03/11/2013, 21:59