Article
Empirical Bayes and Hierarchical Bayes Estimation of Skew Normal Populations
Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
14 p.
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1080/03610920701713195
Disciplines
Abstract
We develop empirical and hierarchical Bayesian methodologies for the skew normal populations through the EM algorithm and the Gibbs sampler. A general concept of skewness to the normal distribution is considered throughout. Motivations are given for considering the skew normal population in applications, and an example is presented to demonstrate why the skew normal distribution is more applicable than the normal distribution for certain applications.
Citation Information
Naveen K. Bansal, Mehdi Maadooliat and Xiaowei Wang. "Empirical Bayes and Hierarchical Bayes Estimation of Skew Normal Populations" Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods (2008) ISSN: 0361-0926 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/naveen_bansal/8/
Accepted version. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, Vol. 37, No. 7 (2008): 1024-1037. DOI. © 2008 Taylor & Francis. Used with permission.