Bayes Factors and BIC: Comment on “A Critique of the Bayesian Information Criterion for Model Selection”
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- Authors
- RAFTERY, A. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- RAFTERY, ADRIAN E.
- ORCID
- RAFTERY, ADRIAN E.
- Venue
- Sociological Methods & Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1999-02
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 411-427
- ISSN
- 0049-1241 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8294
- OpenAlex
- W2091826868
- Cited by
- 249
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 3.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sociological Methods & Research (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Inference
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Applications
- Keywords
- Bayes factor, Bayesian information criterion, model selection, model comparison, likelihood ratios
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