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Simpson’s paradox and the Bayes factor
Author(s) -
Aitkin Murray
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series b (statistical methodology)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.523
H-Index - 137
eISSN - 1467-9868
pISSN - 1369-7412
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9868.00124
Subject(s) - bayes' theorem , bayes' rule , simple (philosophy) , bayes factor , factor (programming language) , feature (linguistics) , mathematics , mathematical economics , bayesian probability , statistics , philosophy , computer science , epistemology , linguistics , programming language
A counter‐example presented by Lindley to Aitkin’s posterior Bayes factor is examined. The paradoxical feature of the counter‐example is found to be a simple case of Simpson’s paradox.