Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis of Correlated Zero-inflated Count Data
β Scribed by Getachew A. Dagne
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 120 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0323-3847
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
This article presents twoβcomponent hierarchical Bayesian models which incorporate both overdispersion and excess zeros. The components may be resultants of some intervention (treatment) that changes the rare event generating process. The models are also expanded to take into account any heterogeneity that may exist in the data. Details of the model fitting, checking and selecting alternative models from a Bayesian perspective are also presented. The proposed methods are applied to count data on the assessment of an efficacy of pesticides in controlling the reproduction of whitefly. (Β© 2004 WILEYβVCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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