Bayesian model assessment in factor analysis

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-67

  Lopes, Hedibert Freitas ^a   West, Mike ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factors; Bayesian inference; Bridge sampling; Expected posterior prior; Latent factor models; Model selection criteria; Model uncertainty; Reversible jump MCMC

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842539381     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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