Opaque Prior Distributions in Bayesian Latent Variable Models

We review common situations in Bayesian latent variable models where the prior distribution that a researcher specifies differs from the prior distribution used during estimation. These situations can arise from the positive definite requirement on correlation matrices, from sign indeterminacy of fa...

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Main Authors: Edgar C. Merkle, Oludare Ariyo, Sonja D. Winter, Mauricio Garnier-Villarreal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2023-09-01
Series:Methodology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5964/meth.11167