• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.1547-1555
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• 2017

This paper studies Bayesian test of homogeneity in contingency tables made by discretizing a continuous variable. Sometimes when we are considering events of interest in small area setup, we can think of discretization approaches about the continuous variable. If we properly discretize the continuous variable, we can find invisible relationships between areas (groups) and a continuous variable of interest. The proper discretization of the continuous variable can support the alternative hypothesis of the homogeneity test in contingency tables even if the null hypothesis was not rejected through k-sample tests involving one-way ANOVA. In other words, the proportions of variables with a particular level can vary from group to group by the discretization. If we discretize the the continuous variable, it can be treated as an analysis of the contingency table. In this case, the chi-squared test is the most commonly employed method. However, further discretization gives rise to more cells in the table. As a result, the count in the cells becomes smaller and the accuracy of the test becomes lower. To prevent this, we can consider the Bayesian approach and apply it to the setup of the homogeneity test.

• Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.577-588
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• 1996

The Bayes factor provides a possible hierarchical Bayesian approach for studying the change point problems. A hypothesis for testing change versus no change is considered using predictive distributions. When the underlying distribution is in one-parameter exponential family with conjugate priors, Bayes factors are investigated to the hypothesis above. Finally one example is provided .

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.547-559
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• 2022

For a chi-squared test, which is a statistical method used to test the independence of a contingency table of two factors, the expected frequency of each cell must be greater than 5. The percentage of cells with an expected frequency below 5 must be less than 20% of all cells. However, there are many cases in which the regional expected frequency is below 5 in general small area studies. Even in large-scale surveys, it is difficult to forecast the expected frequency to be greater than 5 when there is small area estimation with subgroup analysis. Another statistical method to test independence is to use the Bayes factor, but since there is a high ratio of data dependency due to the nature of the Bayesian approach, the low expected frequency tends to decrease the precision of the test results. To overcome these limitations, we will borrow information from areas with similar characteristics and pool the data statistically to propose a pooled Bayes test of independence in target areas. Jo et al. (2021) suggested hierarchical Bayesian pooling models for small area estimation of categorical data, and we will introduce the pooled Bayes factors calculated by expanding their restricted pooling model. We applied the pooled Bayes factors using bone mineral density and body mass index data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted in the United States and compared them with chi-squared tests often used in tests of independence.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.247-256
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• 1996

본 논문은 깁스 표본 기법을 이용하여 Demster et al.(1981)에 의해 소개된 Field Mice자료를 분석하기 위하여 베이지안 계층적 모형을 적용시켜 보았다. Jeffrey의 사전확률을 이용한 사후 평균을 깁스 표본 기법을 이용하여 구하였고, 이로 부터 얻은 베이지안 추정량을 최소 자승 추정량, EM알고리즘을 이용한 랜덤 효과를 포함한 가능도함수에 대한 최대 가능도 추정량(MLR)과 비교하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.207-215
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• 2017

In this paper we study pooling effects in Bayesian testing procedures of independence for contingency tables from small areas. In small area estimation setup, we typically use a hierarchical Bayesian model for borrowing strength across small areas. This techniques of borrowing strength in small area estimation is used to construct a Bayes test of independence for contingency tables from small areas. In specific, we consider the methods of direct or indirect pooling in multinomial models through Dirichlet priors. We use the Bayes factor (or equivalently the ratio of the marginal likelihoods) to construct the Bayes test, and the marginal density is obtained by integrating the joint density function over all parameters. The Bayes test is computed by performing a Monte Carlo integration based on the method proposed by Nandram and Kim (2002).

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.143-160
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• 1998

This article is concerned with the selection of subsets of predictor variables to be included in bulding the binary response logistic regression model. It is based on a Bayesian aproach, intended to propose and develop a procedure that uses probabilistic considerations for selecting promising subsets. This procedure reformulates the logistic regression setup in a hierarchical normal mixture model by introducing a set of hyperparameters that will be used to identify subset choices. It is done by use of the fact that cdf of logistic distribution is a, pp.oximately equivalent to that of $t_{(8)}$/.634 distribution. The a, pp.opriate posterior probability of each subset of predictor variables is obtained by the Gibbs sampler, which samples indirectly from the multinomial posterior distribution on the set of possible subset choices. Thus, in this procedure, the most promising subset of predictors can be identified as that with highest posterior probability. To highlight the merit of this procedure a couple of illustrative numerical examples are given.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.123-136
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• 2015

관측 가능한 변수들 사이의 관계를 묘사한 갈릴레오의 물리학 법칙 발견 이후, 과학은 큰 성과를 거두며 발전해왔다. 그러나, 관측할 수 없는 변량효과를 함께 이용하여 더 많은 자연 현상을 설명할 수 있게 되었고, 이를 이용한 최초의 통계적 모형인 혼합효과모형이 소개되었다. 계산기술의 발달과 더불어 복잡한 현상에 대한 추론을 위하여 혼합효과모형은 그 중요성이 더욱 커지고 있다. 이러한 혼합효과모형은 최근 다단계 일반화 선형모형을 포함한 여러 모형으로 확장되었으며, 관측할 수 없는 변량효과를 추론하기 위한 다단계 가능도가 제시되었다. 혼합효과모형 특집호를 통해 이러한 모형들이 여러 통계학적 문제점을 해결하는 과정을 제시하고, 앞으로 어떤 확장이 추가적으로 요구되는 지에 대하여 논할 것이다. 빈도록적 접근법과 베이지안 접근법을 함께 다룬다.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.19-30
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• 2003

Spatiotemporal statistical models are used for analyzing space-time data in many fields, such as environmental sciences, meteorology, geology, epidemiology, forestry, hydrology, fishery, and so on. It is well known that classical spatiotemporal process modeling requires the estimation of space-time variogram or covariance functions. In practice, the estimation of such variogram or covariance functions are computationally difficult and highly sensitive to data structures. We investigate a Bayesian hierarchical model which allows the specification of a more realistic series of conditional distributions instead of computationally difficult and less realistic joint covariance functions. The spatiotemporal model investigated in this study allows both spatial component and autoregressive temporal component. These two features overcome the inability of pure time series models to adequately predict changes in trends in individual sites.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.179-187
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• 2016

The fixed effects panel probit model faces "incidental parameters problem" because it has a property that the number of parameters to be estimated will increase with sample size. The maximum likelihood estimation fails to give a consistent estimator of slope parameter. Unlike the panel regression model, it is not feasible to find an orthogonal reparameterization of fixed effects to get a consistent estimator. In this note, a hierarchical Bayesian model is proposed. The model is essentially equivalent to the frequentist's random effects model, but the individual specific effects are estimable with the help of Gibbs sampling. The Bayesian estimator is shown to reduce reduced the small sample bias. The maximum likelihood estimator in the random effects model is also efficient, which contradicts Green (2004)'s conclusion.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.597-606
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• 2005

대개의 표본조사에서 무응답은 필연적으로 발생되고 있고, 직접 표본조사에 참가하지 않은 데이터의 사용자는 무응답의 원인을 알 수 없는 것이 일반적이므로 데이터 분석에 어려움을 갖는다. 또 대부분의 통계분석 방법은 무응답을 전제하지 않고 있어 무응답이 있는 항목은 데이터 분석의 걸림돌이 된다고 하겠다. 최근 무응답에 대해 대체법이 하나의 표준적인 처리 방법이 되고 있어 현재까지 대체법에 대한 많은 연구가 있었으나 대부분의 대체법은 정규성 등을 가정한 연속형 변수의 대체법에 대한 것이었다. 그러나 표본조사에서 많은 중요한 항목들이 순서 범주에 의해 측정되는 경우가 많으므로 범주형변수의 대체법에 대한 연구가 필요하며, 본 연구에서는 보조변수가 있는 경우 Bayesian 모형에 의한 순서범주형 항목의 대체법에 대해 알아본다.