The Prior Can Often Only Be Understood in the Context of the Likelihood
A key sticking point of Bayesian analysis is the choice of prior distribution, and there is a vast literature on potential defaults including uniform priors, Jeffreys’ priors, reference priors, maximum entropy priors, and weakly informative priors. These methods, however, often manifest a key concep...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-10-01
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Series: | Entropy |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/19/10/555 |