Bayes factor consistency for one-way random effects model

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Article

Publication Date

12-2-2014

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© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. In this article, we consider Bayesian hypothesis testing for the balanced one-way random effects model. A special choice of the prior formulation for the ratio of variance components is shown to yield an explicit closed-form Bayes factor without integral representation. Furthermore, we study the consistency issue of the resulting Bayes factor under three asymptotic scenarios: either the number of units goes to infinity, the number of observations per unit goes to infinity, or both go to infinity. Finally, the behavior of the proposed approach is illustrated by simulation studies.

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Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

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