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Seltzer, Michael H. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1993
A Bayesian approach to sensitivity of inferences to possible outliers involves recalculating marginal posterior distributions of parameters of interest under assumptions of heavy tails. This strategy is implemented in the hierarchical model setting through Gibbs sampling, a Monte Carlo technique, and illustrated through a reanalysis of data on…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Elementary Education, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematical Models