Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics
Subtitle: Volume III (Lecture Notes in Statistics 121)
Contributors: Constantine Gatsonis (Editor); James S. Hodges (Editor); Robert E. Kass (Editor); Robert E. McCulloch (Editor); Peter Rossi (Editor); Nozer D. Singpurwalla (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 5, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 471
ISBN-13: 9780387949901
Subjects: Applied mathematics; Probability & statistics; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Mathematics / Statistics; Statistics; Probability & Statistics - General
First sentence: Ambitious surveys of customers such as ours are instituted to characterize the relative performance of companies on the polled attributes; this provides a basis for actions to improve performance from a customer perspective.
Description: This third volume of case studies presents detailed applications of Bayesian statistical analysis, emphasizing the scientific context. The papers were presented and discussed at a workshop at Carnegie-Mellon University in October, 1995. In this volume, which is dedicated to the memory of Morrie Groot, econometric applications are highlighted. There are six invited papers, each with accompanying invited discussion, and nine contributed papers.