On the Bayesian analysis of a non-identifiable Binomial model

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Main Author: Marchand, Éric
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author Marchand, Éric
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contents We provide analysis for the posterior distribution and expectation of $(p_1, p_2)$ where $Y|p_1,p_2 \sim \hbox{Binomial}(n, p_1 p_2)$ and $ (p_1, p_2)$ is uniformly distributed on the unit square $[0,1]^2$. We exhibit interesting expressions in terms of a truncated Beta distribution, a finite mixture of Beta distributions and harmonic numbers, and derive a simple large sample size $n$ approximation for the posterior expectations $\mathbb{E}(p_i|y)$ as well as for the normalization constant in the posterior joint density.
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spellingShingle On the Bayesian analysis of a non-identifiable Binomial model
Marchand, Éric
Statistics Theory
62E15, 62F15, 62-08
We provide analysis for the posterior distribution and expectation of $(p_1, p_2)$ where $Y|p_1,p_2 \sim \hbox{Binomial}(n, p_1 p_2)$ and $ (p_1, p_2)$ is uniformly distributed on the unit square $[0,1]^2$. We exhibit interesting expressions in terms of a truncated Beta distribution, a finite mixture of Beta distributions and harmonic numbers, and derive a simple large sample size $n$ approximation for the posterior expectations $\mathbb{E}(p_i|y)$ as well as for the normalization constant in the posterior joint density.
title On the Bayesian analysis of a non-identifiable Binomial model
topic Statistics Theory
62E15, 62F15, 62-08
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.30496