This paper considers the class of sequential ordinal models in relation to other models for ordinal response data. Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms, based on the approach of Albert and Chib ...

Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 16, No. 5 (Oct., 2005), pp. 497-510 (14 pages) Questions: Are ordinal data appropriately treated by multivariate methods in numerical ecology? If not, what are the ...