Bayesian methods have significantly enhanced the analysis of complex data structures, such as semicontinuous outcomes and zero-inflated observations, by providing coherent inferences and more ...

A vast literature in statistics, biometrics, and econometrics is concerned with the analysis of binary and polychotomous response data. The classical approach fits a categorical response regression ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society), Vol. 169, No. 1 (2006), pp. 97-114 (18 pages) The paper investigates a Bayesian hierarchical model for the analysis of ...