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The case for a fully robust hierarchical Bayesian statistical analysis of clinical trials
(International Workshop on Objective Bayes Methodology (OBayes 09),, 2009-06)Two clinical trials (past and present), conjugate priors are compared with (Robust) Cauchy- Student-t and what we call Berger's prior. The behavior of the latter Robust Bayesian methods is qualitatively di erent from ... -
The Scaled Beta2 Distribution as a robust prior for scales, and a Explicit Horseshoe Prior for locations
In the tradition of ”Conjugate Priors” analysis (and extensions to Conditional Conjugate Priors), priors for locations are assumed Normal and for precisions are assumed Gamma or equivalently for variances Inverted Gamma. ... -
Towards a General Theory of Optimal Testing
In Pericchi and Pereira (2012)it is argued against the traditional way on which testing is based on xed signi cance level, either using p-values (with xed levels of evidence, like the 5% rule) or values. We instead, ...