Probability and Mathematical Statistics
Publication date:
2018-01-01
Volume:
38
Pages:
243 -
247
Publisher:
Polish Scientific Publishers
Author:
PESTMAN, Wiebe
Tuerlinckx, Francis ; Vanpaemel, Wolf
Keywords:
Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Statistics & Probability, Mathematics, Hypothesis testing, Bayes factor, p-value, reverse, paradox, Lindley, Jeffreys, 0104 Statistics, 4905 Statistics
Abstract:
In this paper the seminal Jeffreys–Lindley paradox is regarded from a mathematical point of view. We show that in certain scenarios the paradox may emerge in a reverse direction.