
We consider the Bayesian estimation of the parameters of a finite mixture model from independent order statistics arising from imperfect ranked set sampling designs. As a cost‐effective method, ranked set sampling enables us to incorporate easily attainable characteristics, as ranking information, into data collection and Bayesian estimation. To handle the special structure of the ranked set samples, we develop a Bayesian estimation approach exploiting the Expectation‐Maximization (EM) algorithm in estimating the ranking parameters and Metropolis within Gibbs Sampling to estimate the parameters of the underlying mixture model. Our findings show that the proposed RSS‐based Bayesian estimation method outperforms the commonly used Bayesian counterpart using simple random sampling. The developed method is finally applied to estimate the bone disorder status of women aged 50 and older.
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Mathematics - Statistics Theory, Statistics Theory (math.ST), Metropolis-Hastings, bone mineral data, Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis, Methodology (stat.ME), Gibbs sampling, FOS: Mathematics, Humans, Computer Simulation, EM algorithm, ranked set sampling, Statistics - Methodology, finite mixture models, Aged, Likelihood Functions, Models, Statistical, misplacement probability model, Bayes Theorem, Middle Aged, Markov Chains, Female, imperfect ranking, Monte Carlo Method, Algorithms
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Mathematics - Statistics Theory, Statistics Theory (math.ST), Metropolis-Hastings, bone mineral data, Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis, Methodology (stat.ME), Gibbs sampling, FOS: Mathematics, Humans, Computer Simulation, EM algorithm, ranked set sampling, Statistics - Methodology, finite mixture models, Aged, Likelihood Functions, Models, Statistical, misplacement probability model, Bayes Theorem, Middle Aged, Markov Chains, Female, imperfect ranking, Monte Carlo Method, Algorithms
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