Prior and likelihood choices in the analysis of ecological data

Ecological Inference: New Methodological Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 13-50

  Wakefield, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 3042772145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511510595.003     Document Type: Chapter

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