tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10448119.post8431666380105874928..comments2024-03-23T06:42:53.608-04:00Comments on Hogg's Research: exoplanet search: hypothesis test or parameter estimation?Hogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18398397408280534592noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10448119.post-4207668193595090382013-07-18T16:36:18.712-04:002013-07-18T16:36:18.712-04:00Let's make sure that Bekki Dawson (CfA/Berkele...Let's make sure that Bekki Dawson (CfA/Berkeley) gets cred for setting us on this path too.Dan F-Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00129048788412893790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10448119.post-54889914108574181492013-07-18T15:31:48.139-04:002013-07-18T15:31:48.139-04:00IMO: The hypothesis "there isn't a planet...IMO: The hypothesis "there isn't a planet" is actually false based on prior info. There's going to be at least a rock.<br /><br />I tend to not like priors with point masses in them especially if the alternative part doesn't put a lot of mass "near" the point mass. e.g. 0.5*(delta function) + 0.5*(uniform) is usually dumb (and implicit in a lot of "model selection" work). Cauchy I could go along with. Brendon J. Brewerhttp://stat.auckland.ac.nz/~brewer/noreply@blogger.com