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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 455, 期 2, 页码 2149-2162出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2374
关键词
methods: data analysis; methods: statistical; galaxies: clusters: general
资金
- ASI/INAF [I/023/12/0, I/009/10/0]
- PRIN MIUR
- PRIN INAF
Linear regression is common in astronomical analyses. I discuss a Bayesian hierarchical modelling of data with heteroscedastic and possibly correlated measurement errors and intrinsic scatter. The method fully accounts for time evolution. The slope, the normalization, and the intrinsic scatter of the relation can evolve with the redshift. The intrinsic distribution of the independent variable is approximated using a mixture of Gaussian distributions whose means and standard deviations depend on time. The method can address scatter in the measured independent variable (a kind of Eddington bias), selection effects in the response variable (Malmquist bias), and departure from linearity in form of a knee. I tested the method with toy models and simulations and quantified the effect of biases and inefficient modelling. The R-package LIRA (LInear Regression in Astronomy) is made available to perform the regression.
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