Partially specified prior
Statistics Theory
2008-07-17 v1 Statistics Theory
Abstract
This note introduces the concept of a partially specified prior distribution for certain post hoc inference problems, where a finite population is sampled once in order to make a decision on the presence or complete absence of some attribute. If the decision is made to accept complete absence, a probability statement may be required that the population is indeed free of the attribute. A partially specified prior is shown to be advantageous in making such statements realistic and useful.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0807.2544,
title = {Partially specified prior},
author = {K. Govindaraju and G. Jones},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.2544},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Submitted to the Electronic Journal of Statistics (http://www.i-journals.org/ejs/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)