A REVERSE TO THE JEFFREYS–LINDLEY PARADOX
Wiebe R. Pestman
Francis Tuerlinckx
Wolf Vanpaemel
Abstract: In this paper the seminal Jeffreys–Lindley paradox is regarded from a mathematical
point of view. We show that in certain scenarios the paradox may emerge in a reverse
direction.
2010 AMS Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 62A01, 62C10; Secondary:
60A10.
Keywords and phrases: Hypothesis testing, Bayes factor,
-value, reverse, paradox,
Lindley, Jeffreys.