Bayesian modeling of retrospective time-to-pregnancy data with digit preference bias

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 43, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1424-1433

  Price, Karen L ^a   Seaman, John W ^b  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized linear mixed model; Hierarchical centering; Iterative simulation methods; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Slice sampling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

GENERALIZED LINEAR MIXED MODEL; ITERATIVE SIMULATION METHODS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; SLICE SAMPLING;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 33646122211     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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