Speaking Stata: I. J. Good and quasi–Bayes smoothing of categorical frequencies
| dc.creator | Cox, Nicholas J. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:17:13Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T06:15:39Z | |
| dc.description | I. J. Good (1916–2009) was a prolific scientist who contributed to many fields, mostly from a Bayesian standpoint. This column explains his idea of quasi-Bayes (a.k.a. pseudo-Bayes) estimation or smoothing of categorical frequencies in a contingency table, which is especially useful as a way of dealing with awkward sampling or random zeros. It shows how the method can be implemented, almost calculator-style, using a combination of Stata and Mata. Convenience commands qsbayesi and qsbayes are also introduced. | |
| dc.identifier | Other:st0168 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.127361 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/127361/files/sjart_st0168.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/127361 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/574327 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/127361 | |
| dc.title | Speaking Stata: I. J. Good and quasi–Bayes smoothing of categorical frequencies | |
| dc.type | Text |