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Record W2744687314 · doi:10.1002/cjs.11325

Bayes factor biases for non‐nested models and corrections

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Edward Susko

Bibliographic record

VenueCanadian Journal of Statistics · 2017
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMathematics
TopicStatistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
Canadian institutionsDalhousie University
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsBayes factorBayes' theoremBayesian probabilityMathematicsHumanitiesStatisticsPhilosophy

Abstract

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Abstract With the advent of simulation‐based methods to obtain samples from posteriors and due to increases in computational power, Bayesian methods are increasingly applied to complex problems, sometimes providing the only available methods where likelihood implementations are difficult. As a consequence a large body of research in science and social science increasingly utilizes Bayesian tools, often applying them with default settings. A fundamental problem of interest is model selection, and Bayes factors provide a natural approach to Bayesian model selection. Using Laplace approximations and illustrative examples we demonstrate that Bayes factors can have strong biases toward particular models even in non‐nested settings with the same number of parameters. Several easily implemented corrections are shown to provide effective cross‐checks to default Bayes Factors.The Canadian Journal of Statistics45: 290–309; 2017 © 2017 Statistical Society of Canada

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.053
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.461
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: Theoretical or conceptual
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: Methods
Teacher disagreement score0.053
Threshold uncertainty score0.280

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0530.461
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0020.002
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.005
Scholarly communication0.0030.005
Open science0.0030.003
Research integrity0.0020.005
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0100.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.198
GPT teacher head0.389
Teacher spread0.191 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreMethods

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2017
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