Choosing Priors for Constrained Analysis of Variance: Methods Based on Training Data

Choosing Priors for Constrained Analysis of Variance: Methods Based on Training Data

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Article ID: iaor201112582
Volume: 38
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 666
End Page Number: 690
Publication Date: Dec 2011
Journal: Scandinavian Journal of Statistics
Authors: , ,
Keywords: simulation, simulation: analysis, statistics: regression
Abstract:

This article combines the best of both objective and subjective Bayesian inference in specifying priors for inequality and equality constrained analysis of variance models. Objectivity can be found in the use of training data to specify a prior distribution, subjectivity can be found in restrictions on the prior to formulate models. The aim of this article is to find the best model in a set of models specified using inequality and equality constraints on the model parameters. For the evaluation of the models an encompassing prior approach is used. The advantage of this approach is that only a prior for the unconstrained encompassing model needs to be specified. The priors for all constrained models can be derived from this encompassing prior. Different choices for this encompassing prior will be considered and evaluated.

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