Sampling and Bayes' Inference in Scientific Modeling and Robustness.
Abstract
Scientific learning is an iterative process employing Criticism and Estimation. Correspondingly the formulated model factors into two complimentary parts - a predictive part allowing model criticism, and a Bayes posterior part allowing estimation. Implications for significance tests, the theory of precise measurement, and for ridge estimates are considered. Predictive checking functions for transformation, serial correlation, bad values, and their relation with Bayesian options are considered. Robustness is seen from a Bayesian viewpoint and examples are given. For the bad value problem a comparison with M estimators is made. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA096645
Entities
People
- George E. P. Box
Organizations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison