  Bayesian statistical calculations and linear-bisector calculations for
obtaining Cepheid distances and radii by the infrared surface brightness method
have been compared for a set of 38 Cepheids. The distances obtained by the two
techniques agree to 1.5%+/-0.6% and the radii agree to 1.1%+/-0.7%. Thus the
two methods yield the same distances and radii at the 2 sigma level. This
implies that the short distance to the LMC found in recent linearbisector
studies of Cepheids is not a result of simplifications in the mathematical
approach. The computed uncertainties in distance and radius are larger in the
Bayesian calculation typically by a factor of three.
