作者:HURVICH, CM; TSAI, CL
作者单位:University of California System; University of California Davis
作者:CROWDER, M; SWEETING, T
摘要:A bivariate distribution is investigated in connection with an application in microbiology. It has binomial marginal and conditional distributions. The parameter structure is examined, and it is shown that a conjugate Bayesian prior distribution arises from prior independence specifications. Under these specifications the usual limiting conjugate prior can be obtained via invariance considerations.