Bayesian and frequentist inference for ecological inference: The R × C case

Statistica Neerlandica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 134-156

  Rosen, Ori ^a   Jiang, Wenxin ^b   King, Gary ^c   Tanner, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Ecological inference; Frequentist inference; Voting patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035536561     PISSN: 00390402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9574.00162     Document Type: Article

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