Abstract
In this paper, we give a description of posterior predictive checking (introduced by Rubin, 1984) for detecting departures between the data and the posited model and illustrate how the posterior predictive check can be used in practice. We further discuss interpretability, frequency properties, and prior sensitivity of the posterior predictive p-value.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 337-354 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Computational Statistics |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- Discrepancy measure
- Frequency properties
- Posterior predictive check
- Posterior predictive p-value
- Prior sensitivity