Hypotheses Testing for the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Lifetime Data

  • Kang, Sang-Gil (Dept. of Statistics, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kim, Dal-Ho (Dept. of Statistics, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Cho, Jang-Sik (Dept. of Statistical Information Science, Kyungsung University)
  • Published : 1999.12.01

Abstract

In this paper, we address the Bayesian hypotheses testing for the shape parameter of weibull model. In Bayesian testing problem, conventional Bayes factors can not typically accommodate the use of noninformative priors which are improper and are defined only up to arbitrary constants. To overcome such problem, we use the recently proposed hypotheses testing criterion called the intrinsic Bayes factor. We derive the arithmetic and median intrinsic Bayes factors and use these results to analyze real data sets.

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