Chapter 10
Hierarchical Modeling and Model Comparison
Contents
10.1 Model Comparison as Hierarchical Modeling
10.2 Model Comparison in BUGS
10.2.1 A Simple Example
10.2.2 A Realistic Example with “Pseudopriors”
10.2.3 Some Practical Advice When Using Transdimensional MCMC with Pseudopriors
10.3 Model Comparison and Nested Models
10.4 Review of Hierarchical Framework for Model Comparison
10.4.1 Comparing Methods for MCMC Model Comparison
10.4.2 Summary and Caveats
10.5 Exercises
The magazine model comparison game
Leaves all of us wishing that we looked like them.
But they have mere fantasy’s bogus appeal,
’Cause none obeys fact or respects what is real.1
10.1 Model Comparison as Hierarchical Modeling
Consider again the simple hierarchical dependency ...
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