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Data augmentation for a Bayesian spatial model involving censored observations
10.1002/env.806.abs
Spatial environmental data sometimes include below detection limit observations (i.e., censored values reported as less than a level of detection). Historically, the most common practice for analysis of such data has been to replace the censored observations with some function of the level of detection (LOD), like LOD/2. We show that estimates and standard errors found using this single substitution method are biased. In particular, the spatial variance and variability in estimation is underestimated. We develop a measurement error Bayesian spatial model for the analysis of spatial data with censored values. Parameter estimation and predictions at observed and unobserved locations are computed using a data augmentation (DA) method and Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm. The DA method is illustrated using data from a dioxin contaminated site in Missouri. We also use simulation to investigate the small sample properties of predictions and parameter estimates and the robustness of the DA method. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Data augmentation for a Bayesian spatial model involving censored observations
10.1002/env.806.abs
Spatial environmental data sometimes include below detection limit observations (i.e., censored values reported as less than a level of detection). Historically, the most common practice for analysis of such data has been to replace the censored observations with some function of the level of detection (LOD), like LOD/2. We show that estimates and standard errors found using this single substitution method are biased. In particular, the spatial variance and variability in estimation is underestimated. We develop a measurement error Bayesian spatial model for the analysis of spatial data with censored values. Parameter estimation and predictions at observed and unobserved locations are computed using a data augmentation (DA) method and Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm. The DA method is illustrated using data from a dioxin contaminated site in Missouri. We also use simulation to investigate the small sample properties of predictions and parameter estimates and the robustness of the DA method. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Data augmentation for a Bayesian spatial model involving censored observations
Fridley, Brooke L. (author) / Dixon, Philip (author)
Environmetrics ; 18 ; 107-123
2007-03-01
17 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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