On the Variability of Case-Deletion Importance Sampling Weights in the Bayesian Linear Model

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 437, 1997, Pages 199-207

  Peruggia, Mario ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central limit theorem; Estimation; Infinite variance; Influence; Leverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031500277     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1997.10473617     Document Type: Article

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