A Bayesian approach to retransformation bias in transformed regression

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1472-1477

  Stow, Craig A ^a   Reckhow, Kenneth H ^b   Qian, Song S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric relationship; Bayesian analysis; Log transformed regression; Lognormal model; Poisson regression; Retransformation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EQUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746029052     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1472:ABATRB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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