A comparison of maximum likelihood and bayesian estimation for polychoric correlation using Monte Carlo simulation

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 523-549

  Choi, Jaehwa ^a   Kim, Sunhee ^b   Chen, Jinsong ^c   Dannels, Sharon ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Community College   (United States)

^c Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; expected a posteriori; maximum a posteriori; polychoric correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960715051     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998610381398     Document Type: Article

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