Sensitivity analysis for hierarchical models employing t level-1 assumptions

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 181-222

  Seltzer, Michael ^a   Novak, John ^a   Choi, Kilchan ^a   Lim, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Hierarchical models; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Metropolis subchains; Sensitivity analysis; t errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036621996     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986027002181     Document Type: Article

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