The classical statistical model relates to n independent random variables having a common distribution. In this paper we consider the situation where the common distribution involves an unknown parameter, and where at time 0<t<1 only the first [nt] random variables are observed.

Diffuse priors lead to pathological posterior behaviour when used in Bayesian analyses of Simultaneous Equation Models (SEMs). This results from the local nonidentification of certain parameters in SEMs. When this, a priori known, feature is not captured appropriately, and a posteriori favour...

This note describes the matching procedure used to construct panel data sets from the 1987, 1989 and 1991 Hungarian Household Budget servey samples.

We derive the most probable distribution of resources for a simple society. We find that a probabilistic analysis forbids both too much and too less equity, and selects instead a minimally ordered state. We give the detailed calculations for a special model where the population and resources are...

Tom Swift, who began his career with factor analysis (1967) , is pleased to announce that the “1973 Tom Swift Award for Data Abuse” has been won by LeRoy Stone and James Brosseau. They originally (Stone, et al., 1973) used 115 variables in a stepwise regression analysis to explain...