Beschreibung:
This third volume of case studies presents detailed applications of Bayesian statistical analysis, emphasising the scientific context. The papers were presented and discussed at a workshop held at Carnegie-Mellon University, and this volume - dedicated to the memory of Morrie Groot-reproduces six invited papers, each with accompanying invited discussion, and nine contributed papers with the focus on econometric applications.
Invited Papers (with discussion).- 1. Probing Public Opinion: the State of Valencia Experience.- 2. Pressure Matching for Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: A Case Study in the Use of Bayes Linear Strategies for Large Computer Experiments.- 3. Hierarchical Bayes Models for Micro-Marketing Strategies.- 4. Modeling Mortality Rates for Elderly Heart Attack Patients: Profiling Hospitals in the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project.- 5. A Bayesian Approach to the Modeling of Spatial-Temporal Precipitation Data.- 6. Variable Selection Tests of Asset Pricing Models.- Contributed Papers.- 7. Modeling the History of Diabetic Retinopathy.- 8.Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis for Prevalence Estimation.- 9. Estimating the Cells of a Contingency Table with Limited Information, for Use in Geodemographic Marketing.- 10. Multiresolution Assessment of Forest Inhomogeneity.- 11. Assessment of Deleterious Gene Models Using Predictive p-values.- 12. Bayesian Inference for the Best Ordinal Multinomial Population in a Taste Test.- 13. A Random Effects Multinomial Probit Model of Car Ownership Choice.- 14. Changepoint Modeling of Longitudinal PSA as a Biomarker for Prostate Cancer.- 15. A Subjective Bayesian Approach to Environmental Sampling.