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What is the best paper explaining the superiority of Bayesianism over frequentism?

-1 Meni_Rosenfeld 01 January 2013 08:58PM

Question in title.

This is obviously subjective, but I figure there ought to be some "go-to" paper. Maybe I've even seen it once, but can't find it now and I don't know if there's anything better.

Links to multiple papers with different focus would be welcome. For my current purpose I have a preference for one that aims low and isn't too long.

Against NHST

57 gwern 21 December 2012 04:45AM

A summary of standard non-Bayesian criticisms of common frequentist statistical practices, with pointers into the academic literature.

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