On the use of Bayesian model averaging for covariate selection in epidemiological modeling

DOI10.1080/15598608.2013.772037MaRDI QIDQ2320835zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Melissa Whitney, Jens Walkowiak, Louise M. Ryan

Publication date 27 August 2019

Published in Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/15598608.2013.772037

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesian information criterion (BIC)benchmark dosecovariate selectionGibbs variable selection (GVS)model selectionmodel uncertaintypolychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)reversible jump Markov-chain Monte Carlo (RJ MCMC)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10) Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures (62C10) Statistical ranking and selection procedures (62F07) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Monte Carlo methods (65C05)

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• From sources to biomarkers: A hierarchical Bayesian approach for human exposure modeling
• A Bayesian model averaging approach for estimating the relative risk of mortality associated with heat waves in 105 U.S. Cities
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• Using the BMA in the logistic regression model and comparison with other model selection criteria

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Uses Software

• WinBUGS
• BayesDA
• gvs_BUGS

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