Use of posterior predictive assessments to evaluate model fit in multilevel logistic regression

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Green, Martin J ^a,b   Medley, Graham F ^c   Browne, William J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian multilevel model; Cross validation; Mixed predictive assessment; Model fit; Posterior predictive assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CROSS VALIDATION; DISEASE COURSE; INCIDENCE; MASTITIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR PREDICTION; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 67650703133     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres/2009013     Document Type: Article

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