A bivariate bayes method for improving the estimates of mortality rates with a twofold conditional autoregressive model

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 456, 2001, Pages 1506-1521

  Kim, Hoon ^a   Sun, Dongchu ^b   Tsutakawa, Robert K ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate log linear mixed model; Bridging parameter; Gibbs sampling; Index of spatial dependence; Mortality rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542469537     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214501753382408     Document Type: Article

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