This paper presents the fully Bayesian analysis of the latent class model using a new approach towards MCMC estimation in the context of mixture models. The approach starts with estimating unidentified models for various numbers of classes. Exact Bayes' factors are computed by the bridge sampling estimator to compare different models and select the number of classes. Estimation of the unidentified model is carried out using the random permutation sampler. From the unidentified model estimates for model parameters that are not class specific are derived. Then, the exploration of the MCMC output from the unconstrained model yields suitable identifiability constraints. Finally, the constrained version of the permutation sampler is used to estimate group specific parameters. Conjoint data from the Austrian mineral water market serve to illustrate the method. (author's abstract) / Series: Report Series SFB "Adaptive Information Systems and Modelling in Economics and Management Science"
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VIENNA/oai:epub.wu-wien.ac.at:epub-wu-01_418 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Otter, Thomas, Tüchler, Regina, Frühwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia |
| Publisher | SFB Adaptive Information Systems and Modelling in Economics and Management Science, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| Source Sets | Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Paper, NonPeerReviewed |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Relation | http://epub.wu.ac.at/1012/ |
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