Bayesian Testing for the Equality of Two Inverse Gaussian Populations with the Fractional Bayes Factor

  • Ko, Jeong-Hwan (Department of Information Statistics, Andong National University)
  • Published : 2005.08.31

Abstract

We propose the Bayesian testing for the equality of two independent Inverse Gaussian population means using the fractional Bayesian factors suggested by O' Hagan(1995). As prior distribution for the parameters, we assumed the noninformative priors. In order to investigate the usefulness of the proposed Bayesian testing procedures, the behaviors of the proposed results are examined via real data analysis.

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