Easy bayes estimation for rasch-type models |
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Authors: | Robert J Jannarone Kai F Yu James E Laughlin |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of South Carolina, 29208 Columbia, SC |
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Abstract: | A Bayes estimation procedure is introduced that allows the nature and strength of prior beliefs to be easily specified and modal posterior estimates to be obtained as easily as maximum likelihood estimates. The procedure is based on constructing posterior distributions that are formally identical to likelihoods, but are based on sampled data as well as artificial data reflecting prior information. Improvements in performance of modal Bayes procedures relative to maximum likelihood estimation are illustrated for Rasch-type models. Improvements range from modest to dramatic, depending on the model and the number of items being considered.This research was supported by ORN Contact #00014-86-K0087. We wish to thank Sheng-Hui Chu and Dzung-Ji Lii for providing intelligent and energetic programming support for this article. We also thank one of the reviewers for pointing out several interesting and useful perspectives. |
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Keywords: | Rasch model conjugate Bayes estimation artificial data augmentation conjunctive Markov models machine learning neural learning models |
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