Empirical bayes methods

International Encyclopedia of Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 142-149

  Ip, E ^a   Molenberghs, G ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bayes theorem; Conjugate prior; Information borrowing; Multilevel hierarchical model; National assessment of educational progress; Parametric empirical bayes; Posterior distribution; Posterior mean; Prior distribution; Student proficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872669777     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.01325-7     Document Type: Chapter

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