American Statistical Association 1995 Proceedings of the Section on Bayesian Statistical Science

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  • ISBN-13: 9781883276195
  • Publisher: American Statistical Association
  • Publication date: 6/28/1996

Table of Contents

Issues in the Bayesian Design of Clinical Trials with Multiple Categorical Endpoints 1
Discussion 7
Response Bias in a Survey of University Students' Sexual Behavior 10
A Bayesian Approach to Model Selection in Spline Nonparametric Regression 16
Reparameterizing the Generalized Linear Model to Accelerate Gibbs Sampler Convergence 22
Bayesian Analysis of Multivariate Survival Data Under Gamma Frailty Models 28
Bayesian Selection and Estimation for the Best Multinomial Population 34
A Bayesian Improvement on a Test-Based Estimator 40
Risk Performance of Bayesian and Stein Type Estimators Under Asymmetric Loss Functions 45
Bayesian Revision of an Arbitrary Prior Density 50
Should We Be Fuzzy Bayesians? 54
Combining Information Using Penalized Likelihood 60
A Review of Relative Importance Measures in Statistics 66
Bayesian Methods for Normal Mixture Models Applied in Psychology 71
Bayesian Tests for Unimodality 77
Marginal Distributions and Bayesian Model Selection in Nonnormal Linear Model 83
Bayesian Methods for Improve Sample Size Approximations 89
Sample Size Analysis for a Study to Determine the Efficacy of a Non-Invasive Screening Technique for Detecting Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children 95
Optimal Bayesian Two-Phase Designs for Screening Tests 101
Bayesian Analysis of Multivariate ARFIMA Processes 105
Linear Engel Functions and Demographic Factors: A Bayesian Approach 111
A New Algorithm for Recursive State Estimation for Nonlinear, Non-Gaussian Dynamic State-Space Models 116
Publication Bias Models Using Weighted Distributions in a Bayesian Setting 121
Frequentist Validity of Posterior Quantiles 127
Reference Priors for Normal Mean Products 132
Past and Recent Results on Maximal Data Information Priors 138
Missing Covariates: A Bayesian Approach 144
Bayesian Application in Construction Technology 149
Bayesian Optimization Procedures for Firms Facing Discrete Product Demand, Economic Random Utility Models and Industry Equilibrium 151
On Ignoring Certain Conditional Dependencies in Cognitive Diagnosis 157
A Bayesian Analysis of Nuclear Waste Tank Contents Using Historical Information and Sampling Data 163
An Alternative Gibbs Sampling Approach to Bayesian Analysis of the Logistic Model 169
Modeling Precipitation Using Bayesian Spatial Analysis 173
Quantifying an Expert's Opinion About a Multivariate Normal Distribution 178
Conditional Coding 184
Bayesian Forecasting: An Application to IBNR Claims Reserves 189
A Continuous Model for Bayesian Forecasting With Stable Seasonal Patterns 195
Global Asset Allocation: Stretching Returns by Shrinking Forecasts 199
A Unified Bayesian Analysis of Item Response Models 206
A Joint Order Selection Criterion for Multiple Sinusoids in Autoregressive Noise by Asymptotic Bayesian Statistics 214
Estimation of a Lifetime Curve from Incomplete Field Data with Dirichlet Process Prior Knowledge on the Observable Random Vector 218
Index 225
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