Specification of prior distributions under model uncertainty
Dellaportas, Petros, Forster, Jonathan J. and Ntzoufras, Ioannis (2009) Specification of prior distributions under model uncertainty. Southampton, UK, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 22pp. (S3RI Methodology Working Papers, (M09/10) ).
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We consider the specification of prior distributions for Bayesian model comparison, focusing on regression-type models. We propose a particular joint specification of the prior distribution across models so that sensitivity of posterior model probabilities to the dispersion of prior distributions for the parameters of individual models (Lindley's paradox) is diminished. We illustrate the behavior of inferential and predictive posterior quantities in linear and log-linear regressions under our proposed prior densities with a series of simulated and real data examples.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Keywords: | bayesian inference, bic, generalised linear models, lindley’s paradox, model averaging, regression models |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HA Statistics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute |
| Item ID: | 66215 |
| Date Deposited: | 13 May 2009 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2012 15:31 |
| Contributors: | Dellaportas, Petros (Author) Forster, Jonathan J. (Author) Ntzoufras, Ioannis (Author) |
| Date: | 13 May 2009 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/66215 |
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