期刊名称:Sankhya. Series A, mathematical statistics and probability
印刷版ISSN:0976-836X
电子版ISSN:0976-8378
出版年度:2003
卷号:65
期号:03
出版社:Indian Statistical Institute
摘要:It is well-known that classical $p$-values sometimes behave incoherently for testing hypotheses in the sense that, when $\Theta_0\subset\Theta'_0,$ the support given to $\Theta_0$ is greater than or equal to the support given to $\Theta'_0.$. This problem is also found for posterior predictive $p$-values (a Bayesian-motivated alternative to classical $p$-values). In this paper, it is proved that, under some conditions, the posterior predictive $p$-value based on the posterior odds is coherent, showing that the choice of a suitable discrepancy variable is crucial.