3rd International Symposium on Uncertainty Modelling and Analysis
The Lindley paradox, information and generalized functions
College Park, Maryland
March 17-March 20
ISBN: 0-8186-7126-2
In testing a sharp point hypothesis there is a difference between frequentist and Bayesian results. Even for sample sizes increasing to infinity, Bayesian methods accept the point null hypothesis for values where the frequentist method leads to rejection. This is called the Lindley paradox. Here it is attempted to explain this. The reason appears to be not a specific feature of Bayesian methods, but a misuse of the theorem of Bayes.
Index Terms:
probability; Bayes methods; Lindley paradox; generalized functions; information; sharp point hypothesis; Bayesian results; point null hypothesis
Citation:
K. Breitung, "The Lindley paradox, information and generalized functions," isuma, pp.720, 3rd International Symposium on Uncertainty Modelling and Analysis, 1995