A Quantitative Occam's Razor

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2005-11-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511780v1

Int.J.Theor.Phys.22:1091-1104,1983

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

plainTeX, 16 pages, no figures. Most current version is available at http://www.physics.syr.edu/~sorkin/some.papers/ (or where

Scientific paper

10.1007/BF02080316

This paper derives an objective Bayesian "prior" based on considerations of entropy/information. By this means, it produces a quantitative measure of goodness of fit (the "H-statistic") that balances higher likelihood against the number of fitting parameters employed. The method is intended for phenomenological applications where the underlying theory is uncertain or unknown. For example, it can help decide whether the large angle anomalies in the CMB data should be taken seriously. I am therefore posting it now, even though it was published before the arxiv existed.

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