Reply to Comments by Professor Kazuo Shigemasu

Abstract

In this reply to the comments by Professor Kazuo Shigemasu on my article published in the last issue of the journal, I pointed that no significant difference exists between Fisherian and objective Bayesian except for the one point of prior distribution. Although I am still on the side of Fisherian, I first introduced a recently published interesting paper demonstrating the usefulness of Bayesian semiparametric approach for estimating dose-response relationship in the low ranges of radiation dose. I then briefly touch the issue of radiation risk communication with an example of the newspaper article reporting the risk of esophagus cancer in atomic bomb survivors.