Bayesian inference for zero-and-one-inflated geometric distribution regression model using Pólya-Gamma latent variables

Xiang Xiao, Yincai Tang, Ancha Xu, Guoqiang Wang

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Abstract

In the fields of internet financial transactions and reliability engineering, there could be more zero and one observations simultaneously. In this paper, considering that it is beyond the range where the conventional model can fit, zero-and-one-inflated geometric distribution regression model is proposed. Ingeniously introducing Pólya-Gamma latent variables in the Bayesian inference, posterior sampling with high-dimensional parameters is converted to latent variables sampling and posterior sampling with lower-dimensional parameters, respectively. Circumventing the need for Metropolis-Hastings sampling, the sample with higher sampling efficiency is obtained. A simulation study is conducted to assess the performance of the proposed estimation for various sample sizes. Finally, a doctoral dissertation data set is analyzed to illustrate the practicability of the proposed method, research shows that zero-and-one-inflated geometric distribution regression model using Pólya-Gamma latent variables can achieve better fitting results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3730-3743
Number of pages14
JournalCommunications in Statistics - Theory and Methods
Volume49
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Aug 2020

Keywords

  • Bayesian inference
  • Pólya-Gamma latent variable
  • regression model
  • zero-and-one-inflated geometric distribution

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