Discussion with José Bernardo on Bayesian reference analysis

The discussion session that followed José Bernardo's talk was devoted toBayesian reference analysis. Questions were asked about the use of sharp priorsin Bayesian hypothesis tests, the relationship between objective Bayesian andfrequentist testing, the construction, computation, and interpretation ofreference posteriors, the combination of measurements, and sensitivity analysis.As the discussion unfolded, comments were made about more general issues such asthe hierarchy of problem formulations, and somewhat esoteric topics such as theratio of normal means.