Subsampling the output of a Gibbs sampler in a non-systematic fashion can improve the efficiency of marginal estimators if the subsampling strategy is tied to the actual updates made. We illustrate this point by example, approximation, and asymptotics. The results hold both for random-scan and...

Maintenance genes can be used for normalization in the comparison of gene expressions. Even though the absolute expression levels of maintenance genes may vary considerably among different tissues or cells, a set of maintenance genes may provide suitable normalization if their expression levels...

type="main" xml:id="rssc12059-abs-0001" <title type="main">Summary</title> <p>We present a novel analysis of a landmark table of dose–response mortality counts from lung cancer in men. The data were originally collected by Doll and Hill. Our inferences are based on Poisson models for which the rates of occurrence are...</p>