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Discussion on “Predictively consistent prior effective sample sizes,” by Beat Neuenschwander, Sebastian Weber, Heinz Schmidli, and Anthony O'Hagan

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  • Gary L. Rosner
  • Peter Müller

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Neuenschwander et al. address a seemingly easy but often complicated problem in applied Bayesian methodology. We discuss some issues that relate to the question of why one might care about the effective sample size (ESS) in a Bayesian model and the motivation for reporting the ESS.

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  • Gary L. Rosner & Peter Müller, 2020. "Discussion on “Predictively consistent prior effective sample sizes,” by Beat Neuenschwander, Sebastian Weber, Heinz Schmidli, and Anthony O'Hagan," Biometrics, The International Biometric Society, vol. 76(2), pages 599-601, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:biomet:v:76:y:2020:i:2:p:599-601
    DOI: 10.1111/biom.13254
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