Posterior bimodality in the balanced one-way random-effects model

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

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 247-255

  Liu, Jiannong ^a   Hodges, James S ^b  

^a MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Bimodality; Hierarchical model; Prior distribution; Random effects; Variance components

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141688081     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00384     Document Type: Article

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