Bayesian Thurstonian models for ranking data using JAGS

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 857-872

  Johnson, Timothy R ^a   Kuhn, Kristine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; JAGS; Ranking data; Thurstonian models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPENSATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; JOB FINDING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; COST SHARING; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; JOB APPLICATION; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL VALUES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84881605375     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-012-0300-3     Document Type: Article

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