PRIME-TIME FOR BAYES

被引:37
作者
KADANE, JB
机构
[1] Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
来源
CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS | 1995年 / 16卷 / 05期
关键词
ELICITATION; LOSS FUNCTION; PRIOR DISTRIBUTION; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTION; OBJECTIVITY; SUBJECTIVITY; UTILITY FUNCTION;
D O I
10.1016/0197-2456(95)00072-0
中图分类号
R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
学科分类号
1001 ;
摘要
This paper reviews what Bayesian statistics is and gives pointers to the literature. The need for a subjectively determined prior distribution, likelihood, and loss function is often taken to be the principal disadvantage of Bayesian statistics. This paper argues that the requirement that these be explicitly stated is a distinct Bayesian advantage. Advances in Bayesian technology make it ready now to be the main inferential tool for clinical trials.
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页码:313 / 318
页数:6
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