Compositional random vectors are fundamental tools in the Bayesian analysis of categorical data.
Many of the issues that are discussed with reference to the statistical analysis of compositional
data have a natural counterpart in the construction of a Bayesian statistical model for categorical
data.
This note builds on the ...[+]
Compositional random vectors are fundamental tools in the Bayesian analysis of categorical data.
Many of the issues that are discussed with reference to the statistical analysis of compositional
data have a natural counterpart in the construction of a Bayesian statistical model for categorical
data.
This note builds on the idea of cross-fertilization of the two areas recommended by Aitchison (1986)
in his seminal book on compositional data. Particular emphasis is put on the problem of what
parameterization to use[-]