Bayesian mixture models with focused clustering for mixed ordinal and nominal data

DOI10.1214/16-BA1020zbMATH Open1384.62192arXiv1508.03758MaRDI QIDQ1699682FDOQ1699682

Authors: Jerome P. Reiter, D. Sunshine Hillygus, Maria DeYoreo 

Publication date: 23 February 2018

Published in: Bayesian Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In some contexts, mixture models can fit certain variables well at the expense of others in ways beyond the analyst's control. For example, when the data include some variables with non-trivial amounts of missing values, the mixture model may fit the marginal distributions of the nearly and fully complete variables at the expense of the variables with high fractions of missing data. Motivated by this setting, we present a mixture model for mixed ordinal and nominal data that splits variables into two groups, focus variables and remainder variables. The model allows the analyst to specify a rich sub-model for the focus variables and a simpler sub-model for remainder variables, yet still capture associations among the variables. Using simulations, we illustrate advantages and limitations of focused clustering compared to mixture models that do not distinguish variables. We apply the model to handle missing values in an analysis of the 2012 American National Election Study, estimating relationships among voting behavior, ideology, and political party affiliation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.03758

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zbMATH Keywords

mixture modelmultiple imputationmissingcategorical

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Applications of statistics to social sciences (62P25)

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