A Bayesian χ2 test for goodness-of-fit
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- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Mathematical Statistics in The Annals of Statistics
- Vol. 32 (6)
- https://doi.org/10.1214/009053604000000616
Abstract
This article describes an extension of classical \chi^2 goodness-of-fit tests to Bayesian model assessment. The extension, which essentially involves evaluating Pearson's goodness-of-fit statistic at a parameter value drawn from its posterior distribution, has the important property that it is asymptotically distributed as a \chi^2 random variable on K-1 degrees of freedom, independently of the dimension of the underlying parameter vector. By examining the posterior distribution of this statistic, global goodness-of-fit diagnostics are obtained. Advantages of these diagnostics include ease of interpretation, computational convenience and favorable power properties. The proposed diagnostics can be used to assess the adequacy of a broad class of Bayesian models, essentially requiring only a finite-dimensional parameter vector and conditionally independent observations.Comment: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009053604000000616 in the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.orgKeywords
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