Latent variable models with mixed continuous and polytomous data

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-87

  Shi, Jian Qing ^a   Lee, Sik Yum ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gibbs sampler; Latent variable; Maximum likelihood; Monte Carlo EM algorithm; Polytomous data; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034364839     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00220     Document Type: Article

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