On the estimation of the polychoric correlation coefficient via Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods

Bayesian statistics is an alternative approach to traditional frequentist statistics that is rapidly gaining adherents across different scientific fields. Although initially only accessible to statisticians or mathematically-sophisticated data analysts, advances in modern computational power are hel...

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Main Author: Olvera Astivia, Oscar Lorenzo
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44349