Domain-level covariance analysis for multilevel survey data with structured nonresponse

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 484, 2008, Pages 1405-1418

  O'Malley, A James ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Covariance matrix priors; EM algorithm; Factor analysis; Hierarchical model; Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649538697     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214508000000724     Document Type: Article

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