Jeffreys-Lindley paradox for a Gaussian point null
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Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
With a fixed diffuse alternative prior, a frequentist p-value and the posterior probability of a point null can order evidence differently. For and , the p-value exceeds the null posterior near zero, while sufficiently far in the tails the null posterior exceeds the p-value because it has a slightly slower Gaussian decay.
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