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A New Multinomial Model and a Zero Variance Estimation

Dalla Valle, Luciana, Leisen, Fabrizio (2010) A New Multinomial Model and a Zero Variance Estimation. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 39 (4). pp. 846-859. ISSN 0361-0918. (doi:10.1080/03610911003650375) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:36530)

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Abstract

The analysis of categorical response data through the multinomial model is very frequent in many statistical, econometric, and biometric applications. However, one of the main problems is the precise estimation of the model parameters when the number of observations is very low. We propose a new Bayesian estimation approach where the prior distribution is constructed through the transformation of the multivariate beta of Olkin and Liu (2003). Moreover, the application of the zero-variance principle allows us to estimate moments in Monte Carlo simulations with a dramatic reduction of their variances. We show the advantages of our approach through applications to some toy examples, where we get efficient parameter estimates.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/03610911003650375
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HA Statistics
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
Depositing User: Fabrizio Leisen
Date Deposited: 07 Jun 2014 09:34 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:13 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/36530 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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