Exploratory data analysis for complex models

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 755-779

  Gelman, Andrew ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Bootstrap; Graphs; Multiple imputation; Posterior predictive checks

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244314288     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/106186004X11435     Document Type: Article

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