Unobserved Variables Models and Misunderstandings /

• Main Author: Bartholomew, David J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Statistics,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Statistics, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39912-1

The classical statistical problem typically involves a probability distribution which depends on a number of unknown parameters. The form of the distribution may be known, partially or completely, and inferences have to be made on the basis of a sample of observations drawn from the distribution; of...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Unobserved Variables
• 2.Measurement, Estimation and Prediction
• 3.Simple Mixtures
• 4.Models for Ability
• 5.A General Latent Variable Model
• 6.Prediction of Latent Variables
• 7.Identifiability
• 8.Categorical Variables
• 9.Models for Time Series
• 10.Missing Data
• 11.Social Measurement
• 12.Bayesian and Computational Methods
• 13.Unity and Diversity.