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Book A Bayesian Model for the Analysis of Quantal Response Data

Download or read book A Bayesian Model for the Analysis of Quantal Response Data written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inference on the failure probabilities of ordered binomial trials conducted at M differing stress levels is considered. It is shown that a general joint prior may be constructed as a mixture of ordered M variate Dirichlet distributions, which possesses marginals of nearly arbitrary shapes. Posterior marginals at both observational and non-observational stresses are shown to consist of sums of beta distributions. Recursive relationships are developed that permit the rapid and exact computation of the posterior marginal distributions. The model is attractive for use in successive Bayesian analyses.

Book A New Framework for Bayesian Analysis of Dose response Studies Through Dependent Nonparametric Modeling for Categorical Responses

Download or read book A New Framework for Bayesian Analysis of Dose response Studies Through Dependent Nonparametric Modeling for Categorical Responses written by Kassandra M. Fronczyk and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Analysis of Quantal Response Data

Download or read book Analysis of Quantal Response Data written by Byron J.T. Morgan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes the standard methods as the starting point, and then describes a wide range of relatively new approaches and procedures designed to deal with more complicated data and experiments - including much recent research in the area. Throughout mention is given to the computing requirements - facilities available in large computing packages like BMDP, SAS and SPSS are also described.

Book A SMALL SAMPLE EVALUATION OF A BAYESIAN DESIGN METHOD FOR QUANTAL RESPONSE MODELS

Download or read book A SMALL SAMPLE EVALUATION OF A BAYESIAN DESIGN METHOD FOR QUANTAL RESPONSE MODELS written by Tom Leonard and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Computational Approach to Bayesian Inference for Risk Assessment

Download or read book Computational Approach to Bayesian Inference for Risk Assessment written by Hui-May Chu and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hierarchical Bayesian Benchmark Dose Analysis

Download or read book Hierarchical Bayesian Benchmark Dose Analysis written by Qijun Fang and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important objective in statistical risk assessment is estimation of minimum exposure levels, called Benchmark Doses (BMDs) that induce a pre-specified Benchmark Response (BMR) in a target population. Established inferential approaches for BMD analysis typically involve one-sided, frequentist confidence limits, leading in practice to what are called Benchmark Dose Lower Limits (BMDLs). Appeal to hierarchical Bayesian modeling and credible limits for building BMDLs is far less developed, however. Indeed, for the few existing forms of Bayesian BMDs, informative prior information is seldom incorporated. Here, a new method is developed by using reparameterized quantal-response models that explicitly describe the BMD as a target parameter. This potentially improves the BMD/BMDL estimation by combining elicited prior belief with the observed data in the Bayesian hierarchy. Besides this, the large variety of candidate quantal-response models available for applying these methods, however, lead to questions of model adequacy and uncertainty. Facing this issue, the Bayesian estimation technique here is further enhanced by applying Bayesian model averaging to produce point estimates and (lower) credible bounds. Implementation is facilitated via a Monte Carlo-based adaptive Metropolis (AM) algorithm to approximate the posterior distribution. Performance of the method is evaluated via a simulation study. An example from carcinogenicity testing illustrates the calculations.

Book NBS Special Publication

Download or read book NBS Special Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bayesian Thinking  Modeling and Computation

Download or read book Bayesian Thinking Modeling and Computation written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-11-29 with total page 1062 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes how to develop Bayesian thinking, modelling and computation both from philosophical, methodological and application point of view. It further describes parametric and nonparametric Bayesian methods for modelling and how to use modern computational methods to summarize inferences using simulation. The book covers wide range of topics including objective and subjective Bayesian inferences with a variety of applications in modelling categorical, survival, spatial, spatiotemporal, Epidemiological, software reliability, small area and micro array data. The book concludes with a chapter on how to teach Bayesian thoughts to nonstatisticians. Critical thinking on causal effects Objective Bayesian philosophy Nonparametric Bayesian methodology Simulation based computing techniques Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

Book Bayesian Ideas and Data Analysis

Download or read book Bayesian Ideas and Data Analysis written by Ronald Christensen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emphasizing the use of WinBUGS and R to analyze real data, Bayesian Ideas and Data Analysis: An Introduction for Scientists and Statisticians presents statistical tools to address scientific questions. It highlights foundational issues in statistics, the importance of making accurate predictions, and the need for scientists and statisticians to collaborate in analyzing data. The WinBUGS code provided offers a convenient platform to model and analyze a wide range of data. The first five chapters of the book contain core material that spans basic Bayesian ideas, calculations, and inference, including modeling one and two sample data from traditional sampling models. The text then covers Monte Carlo methods, such as Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation. After discussing linear structures in regression, it presents binomial regression, normal regression, analysis of variance, and Poisson regression, before extending these methods to handle correlated data. The authors also examine survival analysis and binary diagnostic testing. A complementary chapter on diagnostic testing for continuous outcomes is available on the book’s website. The last chapter on nonparametric inference explores density estimation and flexible regression modeling of mean functions. The appropriate statistical analysis of data involves a collaborative effort between scientists and statisticians. Exemplifying this approach, Bayesian Ideas and Data Analysis focuses on the necessary tools and concepts for modeling and analyzing scientific data. Data sets and codes are provided on a supplemental website.

Book ROC Curves for Continuous Data

Download or read book ROC Curves for Continuous Data written by Wojtek J. Krzanowski and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-05-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since ROC curves have become ubiquitous in many application areas, the various advances have been scattered across disparate articles and texts. ROC Curves for Continuous Data is the first book solely devoted to the subject, bringing together all the relevant material to provide a clear understanding of how to analyze ROC curves.The fundamenta

Book Introduction to Time Series Modeling

Download or read book Introduction to Time Series Modeling written by Genshiro Kitagawa and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In time series modeling, the behavior of a certain phenomenon is expressed in relation to the past values of itself and other covariates. Since many important phenomena in statistical analysis are actually time series and the identification of conditional distribution of the phenomenon is an essential part of the statistical modeling, it is very im

Book Hidden Markov Models for Time Series

Download or read book Hidden Markov Models for Time Series written by Walter Zucchini and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals How HMMs Can Be Used as General-Purpose Time Series Models Implements all methods in R Hidden Markov Models for Time Series: An Introduction Using R applies hidden Markov models (HMMs) to a wide range of time series types, from continuous-valued, circular, and multivariate series to binary data, bounded and unbounded counts, and categorical observations. It also discusses how to employ the freely available computing environment R to carry out computations for parameter estimation, model selection and checking, decoding, and forecasting. Illustrates the methodology in action After presenting the simple Poisson HMM, the book covers estimation, forecasting, decoding, prediction, model selection, and Bayesian inference. Through examples and applications, the authors describe how to extend and generalize the basic model so it can be applied in a rich variety of situations. They also provide R code for some of the examples, enabling the use of the codes in similar applications. Effectively interpret data using HMMs This book illustrates the wonderful flexibility of HMMs as general-purpose models for time series data. It provides a broad understanding of the models and their uses.

Book Applied Bayesian Modelling

Download or read book Applied Bayesian Modelling written by Peter Congdon and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-05-23 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an accessible approach to Bayesian computing and data analysis, with an emphasis on the interpretation of real data sets. Following in the tradition of the successful first edition, this book aims to make a wide range of statistical modeling applications accessible using tested code that can be readily adapted to the reader's own applications. The second edition has been thoroughly reworked and updated to take account of advances in the field. A new set of worked examples is included. The novel aspect of the first edition was the coverage of statistical modeling using WinBUGS and OPENBUGS. This feature continues in the new edition along with examples using R to broaden appeal and for completeness of coverage.

Book Expansions and Asymptotics for Statistics

Download or read book Expansions and Asymptotics for Statistics written by Christopher G. Small and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-05-07 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asymptotic methods provide important tools for approximating and analysing functions that arise in probability and statistics. Moreover, the conclusions of asymptotic analysis often supplement the conclusions obtained by numerical methods. Providing a broad toolkit of analytical methods, Expansions and Asymptotics for Statistics shows how asymptoti

Book Methods and Models

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  • Author : Rebecca B. Morton
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1999-08-28
  • ISBN : 1139427733
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book Methods and Models written by Rebecca B. Morton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-28 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At present much of political science consists of a large body of formal mathematical work that remains largely unexplored empirically and an expanding use of sophisticated statistical techniques. While there are examples of noteworthy efforts to bridge the gap between these, there is still a need for much more cooperative work between formal theorists and empirical researchers in the discipline. This book explores how empirical analysis has, can, and should be used to evaluate formal models in political science. The book is intended to be a guide for active and future political scientists who are confronting the issues of empirical analysis with formal models in their work and as a basis for a needed dialogue between empirical and formal theoretical researchers in political science. These developments, if combined, are potentially a basis for a new revolution in political science.

Book Encyclopedia of Quantitative Risk Analysis and Assessment

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Quantitative Risk Analysis and Assessment written by and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 2163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading the way in this field, the Encyclopedia of Quantitative Risk Analysis and Assessment is the first publication to offer a modern, comprehensive and in-depth resource to the huge variety of disciplines involved. A truly international work, its coverage ranges across risk issues pertinent to life scientists, engineers, policy makers, healthcare professionals, the finance industry, the military and practising statisticians. Drawing on the expertise of world-renowned authors and editors in this field this title provides up-to-date material on drug safety, investment theory, public policy applications, transportation safety, public perception of risk, epidemiological risk, national defence and security, critical infrastructure, and program management. This major publication is easily accessible for all those involved in the field of risk assessment and analysis. For ease-of-use it is available in print and online.