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stat.ME2013★ 3 cited
Causal Inference in Observational Studies with Non-Binary Treatments
Shandong Zhao, David A. van Dyk, Kosuke Imai
Propensity score methods have become a part of the standard toolkit for applied researchers who wish to ascertain causal effects from observational data. While they were originally…
stat.CO2013★ 41 cited
Metropolis-Hastings within Partially Collapsed Gibbs Samplers
David A. van Dyk, Xiyun Jiao
The Partially Collapsed Gibbs (PCG) sampler offers a new strategy for improving the convergence of a Gibbs sampler. PCG achieves faster convergence by reducing the conditioning in…
astro-ph.SR2013★ 22 cited
A Bayesian Approach to Deriving Ages of Individual Field White Dwarfs
Erin M. O'Malley, Ted von Hippel, David van Dyk
We apply a self-consistent and robust Bayesian statistical approach to determining the ages, distances, and ZAMS masses of 28 field DA white dwarfs with ages of approximately 4 to…