Abstract
We explore the arguments for maximizing the “evidence” as an algorithm for model selection. We show, using a new definition of model complexity which we term “flexibility,” that maximizing the evidence should appeal to both Bayesian and frequentist statisticians. This is due to flexibility’s unique position in the exact decomposition of log-evidence into log-fit minus flexibility. In the Gaussian linear model, flexibility is asymptotically equal to the Bayesian information criterion (BIC) penalty, but we caution against using BIC in place of flexibility for model selection.
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