Model averaging and its use in economics

MFJ Steel - Journal of Economic Literature, 2020 - aeaweb.org
The method of model averaging has become an important tool to deal with model
uncertainty, for example in situations where a large amount of different theories exist, as are …

Prior distributions for objective Bayesian analysis

G Consonni, D Fouskakis, B Liseo, I Ntzoufras - 2018 - projecteuclid.org
We provide a review of prior distributions for objective Bayesian analysis. We start by
examining some foundational issues and then organize our exposition into priors for: i) …

Comparing methods for statistical inference with model uncertainty

A Porwal, AE Raftery - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Probability models are used for many statistical tasks, notably parameter estimation, interval
estimation, inference about model parameters, point prediction, and interval prediction …

[HTML][HTML] Scalable Bayesian variable selection using nonlocal prior densities in ultrahigh-dimensional settings

M Shin, A Bhattacharya, VE Johnson - Statistica Sinica, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bayesian model selection procedures based on nonlocal alternative prior densities are
extended to ultrahigh dimensional settings and compared to other variable selection …

Bayes factor functions for reporting outcomes of hypothesis tests

VE Johnson, S Pramanik… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Bayes factors represent a useful alternative to P-values for reporting outcomes of hypothesis
tests by providing direct measures of the relative support that data provide to competing …

General Bayesian loss function selection and the use of improper models

J Jewson, D Rossell - Journal of the Royal Statistical Society …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Statisticians often face the choice between using probability models or a paradigm defined
by minimising a loss function. Both approaches are useful and, if the loss can be re-cast into …

Bayesian factor analysis for inference on interactions

F Ferrari, DB Dunson - Journal of the American Statistical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This article is motivated by the problem of inference on interactions among chemical
exposures impacting human health outcomes. Chemicals often co-occur in the environment …

The median probability model and correlated variables

MM Barbieri, JO Berger, EI George… - Bayesian Analysis, 2021 - projecteuclid.org
The Median Probability Model and Correlated Variables Page 1 Bayesian Analysis (2021) 16,
Number 4, pp. 1085–1112 The Median Probability Model and Correlated Variables Maria M …

Scalable importance tempering and Bayesian variable selection

G Zanella, G Roberts - Journal of the Royal Statistical Society …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Summary We propose a Monte Carlo algorithm to sample from high dimensional probability
distributions that combines Markov chain Monte Carlo and importance sampling. We provide …

A novel variational Bayesian method for variable selection in logistic regression models

CX Zhang, S Xu, JS Zhang - Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 2019 - Elsevier
With high-dimensional data emerging in various domains, sparse logistic regression models
have gained much interest of researchers. Variable selection plays a key role in both …