A general approach to prior transformation

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العنوان: A general approach to prior transformation
المؤلفون: Clintin P. Davis-Stober, Simon Segert
المصدر: J Math Psychol
بيانات النشر: Elsevier BV, 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
مصطلحات موضوعية: Computer science, Applied Mathematics, 05 social sciences, Bayesian probability, Contrast (statistics), Inference, Bayes factor, Statistical model, Parameter space, Article, 050105 experimental psychology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Transformation (function), Dimension (vector space), 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Algorithm, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, General Psychology
الوصف: We present a general method for setting prior distributions in Bayesian models where parameters of interest are re-parametrized via a functional relationship. We generalize the results of Heck and Wagenmakers (2016) by considering the case where the dimension of the auxiliary parameter space does not equal that of the primary parameter space. We present numerical methods for carrying out prior specification for statistical models that do not admit closed-form solutions. Taken together, these results provide researchers a more complete set of tools for setting prior distributions that could be applied to many cognitive and decision making models. We illustrate our approach by re-analyzing data under the Selective Integration model of Tsetsos et al. (2016). We find, via a Bayes factor analysis, that the selective integration model with all four parameters generally outperforms both the three-parameter variant (omitting early cognitive noise) and the w = 1 variant (omitting selective gating), as well as an unconstrained competitor model. By contrast, Tsetsos et al. found the three parameter variant to be the best performing in a BIC analysis (in the absence of a competitor). Finally, we also include a pedagogical treatment of the mathematical tools necessary to formulate our results, including a simple “toy” example that illustrates our more general points.
تدمد: 0022-2496
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2019.04.002
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::014ac9f8c2d5a96c84f9981e3793ea1b
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2019.04.002
Rights: OPEN
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....014ac9f8c2d5a96c84f9981e3793ea1b
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
الوصف
تدمد:00222496
DOI:10.1016/j.jmp.2019.04.002