Uniform-alternative binomial Bayes factor

ID: uniform-alternative-binomial-bayes-factor

For a binomial distribution count, compare a point null with the uniform alternative prior distribution on . The alternative Bayesian model evidence is
so the exact Bayes factor favouring the point null is . With standardized deviation , the local normal distribution approximation is . At fixed the frequentist p-value remains approximately constant, while the factor grows like . This demonstrates the prior-width mechanism behind the Jeffreys-Lindley paradox for a Gaussian point null in a discrete sampling model.

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