AP Statistics Curriculum 2007 Bayesian Hierarchical
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==[[EBook | Probability and Statistics Ebook]] - Bayesian Hierarchical Models== | ==[[EBook | Probability and Statistics Ebook]] - Bayesian Hierarchical Models== | ||
- | Sometimes we cannot be sure about the factuality of our prior knowledge. Often we make one or more assumptions about the relationships between the different unknown parameters <math>\theta</math> from which observations x has density p(x|<math>\theta</math>). These associations are sometimes referred to as ''structural''. In some cases the structural prior knowledge is combined with a standard form of Bayesian prior belief about the parameters of the structure. In the case where <math>\theta_i</math> are independently and identically distributed, their common distribution might depend on a parameter <math>\eta</math> which we refer to as a hyperparameter | + | Sometimes we cannot be sure about the factuality of our prior knowledge. Often we make one or more assumptions about the relationships between the different unknown parameters <math>\theta</math> from which observations x has density p(x|<math>\theta</math>). These associations are sometimes referred to as ''structural''. In some cases the structural prior knowledge is combined with a standard form of Bayesian prior belief about the parameters of the structure. In the case where <math>\theta_i</math> are independently and identically distributed, their common distribution might depend on a parameter <math>\eta</math> which we refer to as a hyperparameter. When the <math>\eta</math> is unknown we have a second tier in which we suppose to have a hyperprior p(<math>\eta</math>) expressing our beliefs about possible values of <math>\eta</math>. In such a case we may say that we have a hierarchical model. |
==Idea of a Hierarchical Model== | ==Idea of a Hierarchical Model== |
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Probability and Statistics Ebook - Bayesian Hierarchical Models
Sometimes we cannot be sure about the factuality of our prior knowledge. Often we make one or more assumptions about the relationships between the different unknown parameters θ from which observations x has density p(x|θ). These associations are sometimes referred to as structural. In some cases the structural prior knowledge is combined with a standard form of Bayesian prior belief about the parameters of the structure. In the case where θi are independently and identically distributed, their common distribution might depend on a parameter η which we refer to as a hyperparameter. When the η is unknown we have a second tier in which we suppose to have a hyperprior p(η) expressing our beliefs about possible values of η. In such a case we may say that we have a hierarchical model.
Idea of a Hierarchical Model
Hierarchical Normal Model
Stein Estimator
Bayesian analysis for unknown overall mean
See also
References
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