Reference Bayesian Methods for Generalized Linear Mixed Models

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 449, 2000, Pages 227-237

  Natarajan, Ranjini ^a   Kass, Robert E ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugate prior; Hierarchical models; Jeffreys's prior; Reference prior; Uniform shrinkage prior; Variance components

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442278073     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2000.10473916     Document Type: Article

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