AN ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION FOR POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS.

Abstract

We obtain an asymptotic expansion for the centered and scaled posterior distribution when the observations are drawn from a member of the one-parameter exponential family. The first few terms are calculated in order to show the manner in which the prior distribution enters. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0656033

Entities

People

  • R. A. Johnson

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Asymptotic Series
  • Data Acquisition
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Observation
  • Sequences

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Statistical inference.