Bridging Bayesian, frequentist and fiducial (BFF) inferences using confidence distribution

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العنوان: Bridging Bayesian, frequentist and fiducial (BFF) inferences using confidence distribution
المؤلفون: Thornton, Suzanne, Xie, Minge
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Mathematics
Statistics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Statistics - Methodology, Mathematics - Statistics Theory, 62-00 (Primary) 62A01 (Secondary)
الوصف: Bayesian, frequentist and fiducial (BFF) inferences are much more congruous than they have been perceived historically in the scientific community (cf., Reid and Cox 2015; Kass 2011; Efron 1998). Most practitioners are probably more familiar with the two dominant statistical inferential paradigms, Bayesian inference and frequentist inference. The third, lesser known fiducial inference paradigm was pioneered by R.A. Fisher in an attempt to define an inversion procedure for inference as an alternative to Bayes' theorem. Although each paradigm has its own strengths and limitations subject to their different philosophical underpinnings, this article intends to bridge these different inferential methodologies through the lenses of confidence distribution theory and Monte-Carlo simulation procedures. This article attempts to understand how these three distinct paradigms, Bayesian, frequentist, and fiducial inference, can be unified and compared on a foundational level, thereby increasing the range of possible techniques available to both statistical theorists and practitioners across all fields.
Comment: 30 pages, 5 figures, Handbook on Bayesian Fiducial and Frequentist (BFF) Inferences
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.04464
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2012.04464
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv