title: Comment: How Should Indirect Evidence Be Used?
abstract: Indirect evidence is crucial for successful statistical practice. Sometimes, however, it is better used informally. Future efforts should be directed toward understanding better the connection between statistical methods and scientific problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, and Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15217 USA kass@stat.cmu.edu .
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Kass