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prior predictive check: a standalone construct

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priorpredictive check1 CONSTRUCTPrior predictive checkBOX · BAYESIAN STATISTICS

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Bayesian statistics

checking a model by asking whether the data are plausible under the predictions implied by the prior before fitting.

In Bayesian statistics, prior predictive check refers to checking a model by asking whether the data are plausible under the predictions implied by the prior before fitting. This meaning comes from Box (1980) in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General).[1]

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References

  1. Box, G. E. P. (1980). Sampling and Bayes' Inference in Scientific Modelling and Robustness. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General), 143(4), 383. https://doi.org/10.2307/2982063

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