A Comparison of Bayes Factor Approximation Methods Including Two New Methods

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 294-324

  Bollen, Kenneth A ^a   Ray, Surajit ^b   Zavisca, Jane ^c   Harden, Jeffrey J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; empirical Bayes; information criterion; Laplace approximation; model selection; scaled unit information prior; variable selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864958818     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124112452393     Document Type: Article

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