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Bayesian Small Area Analyses of the Unrelated Question Design with Multiple Sensitive Questions

Keyword:

Markov chain Monte Carlo methods., Data masking, Hierarchical Bayesian model, Latent variables, Elicitation, Integrated nested normal approximation, Blocked Gibbs sampler, and Logistic regression

Creator:

Yu, Yuan

Advisor:

Nandram, Balgobin

Publisher:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date Created:

2019-04-24

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Degree:

PhD

Unit (Department):

Mathematical Sciences
Bayesian Models for the Analyzes of Noisy Responses From Small Areas: An Application to Poverty Estimation

Keyword:

Continuous and Positively Skewed distribution, Logarithmic transformation, Noisy responses, GB2 distribution, Poverty, Hierarchical Bayesian, Metropolis Hastings alogrithm, Noninformative priors, Small Area Estimation, and Non-normality

Creator:

Manandhar, Binod

Advisor:

Nandram, Balgobin

Publisher:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date Created:

2017-04-26

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Degree:

PhD

Unit (Department):

Mathematical Sciences