Bayesian sensitivity analyses for hidden sub-populations in weighted sampling

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 436-450

  Xia, Michelle ^a   Gustafson, Paul ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Hidden sub population; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Partial identification; Sensitivity analysis; Weighted sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906233047     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: 1708945X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjs.11220     Document Type: Article

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