Choosing the link function and accounting for link uncertainty in generalized linear models using Bayes factors

Statistical Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 419-442

  Czado, Claudia ^a   Raftery, Adrian E ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factors; GLM; Link function; Model selection; Reference prior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750321690     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00362-006-0296-9     Document Type: Article

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