A Bayesian approach to parameter estimation in binary logit and probit models

Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-176

  Tekta̧s, Derya ^a   G̈unay, S̈uleyman ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Albert and chib approach; Bayesian analysis; Binary logit model; Binary probit model; Data augmentation; Gibbs sampling; Latent data

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956282193     PISSN: 13035010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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