A Bayesian structural equations model for multilevel data with missing responses and missing covariates

Bayesian Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 197-224

  Das, Sonali ^a   Chen, Ming Hui ^b   Kim, Sungduk ^c   Warren, Nicholas ^d  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DIC; Latent variable; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Missing at random; Random effects; VHA all employee survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249097532     PISSN: 19360975     EISSN: 19316690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/08-BA308     Document Type: Article

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