Nonparametric Priors for Ordinal Bayesian Social Science Models: Specification and Estimation
有序贝叶斯社会科学模型的非参数先验：设定与估计
A generalized linear mixed model, ordered probit, is used to estimate levels of stress in presidential political appointees as a means of understanding their surprisingly short tenures. A Bayesian approach is developed, where the random effects are modeled with a Dirichlet process mixture prior, allowing for useful incorporation of prior information, but retaining some vagueness in the form of the prior. Applications of Bayesian models in the social sciences are typically…