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CSDA
2008
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Parametric and nonparametric Bayesian model specification: A case study involving models for count data
In this paper we present the results of a simulation study to explore the ability of Bayesian parametric and nonparametric models to provide an adequate fit to count data, of the t...
Milovan Krnjajic, Athanasios Kottas, David Draper
CSDA
2008
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Self-controlled case series analyses: Small-sample performance
We derive second-order expressions for the asymptotic bias and variance of the log relative incidence estimator for the self-controlled case series method in a simplified scenario...
Patrick Musonda, Mounia N. Hocine, Heather J. Whit...
CSDA
2008
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Confidence intervals for the difference between two means
: Unit nonresponse and item nonresponse in sample surveys are a typical problem of nonresponse which can be handled by weighting adjustment and imputation methods, respectively. Th...
Weiwen Miao, Paul Chiou
CSDA
2008
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Approximate regenerative-block bootstrap for Markov chains
Patrice Bertail, Stéphan Clémen&cced...
CSDA
2008
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Classification tree analysis using TARGET
Tree models are valuable tools for predictive modeling and data mining. Traditional tree-growing methodologies such as CART are known to suffer from problems including greediness,...
J. Brian Gray, Guangzhe Fan