Bayesian tests and model diagnostics in conditionally independent hierarchical models

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 439, 1997, Pages 916-925

  Albert, Jim ^a   Chib, Siddhartha ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Binomial data; Exchangeability; Exponential family; Generalized linear model; Gibbs sampling; Hierarchical model; Link estimation; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Metropolis Hastings algorithm; Outliers; Partial exchangeability; Random effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744454248     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1997.10474046     Document Type: Article

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