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Table 3 Fit, complexity and Bayes factor for the two hypotheses of the Framingham example

From: Bayesian updating: increasing sample size during the course of a study

Hypothesis \({H}_{i}\)

Fit \({f}_{i}\)

Complexity \({c}_{i}\)

Bayes factor \({BF}_{iu}\)

\({H}_{0}:{\mu }_{males}={\mu }_{females}\)

0.003

0.004

0.824

\({H}_{1}:{\mu }_{males}<{\mu }_{females}\)

0.987

0.5

1.975