James G. Scott

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Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

C. J. Murray, Theo Vos, +358 authors Ziad Ahmed Memish
The Lancet
2012

BACKGROUND Measuring disease and injury burden in populations requires a composite metric that captures both premature mortality and the prevalence and severity of ill-health. The 1990 Global Burden… (More)

Expectation-maximization for Logistic Regression ( Bayesian Inference for Logistic Models using Pólya-Gamma Latent Variables )

Nicholas G. Polson, James G. Scott, John R. Windle
2012

Bayesian Inference for Logistic Models Using Pólya–Gamma Latent Variables Nicholas G. Polson a , James G. Scott b & Jesse Windle c a Statistics and Econometrics , University of Chicago Booth School… (More)

Shrink Globally , Act Locally : Sparse Bayesian Regularization and Prediction

Nicholas G. Polson, James G. Scott
2010

We study the classic problem of choosing a prior distribution for a location parameter β = (β1, . . . , βp) as p grows large. First, we study the standard “global-local shrinkage” approach, based on… (More)

The Long-Term Health Consequences of Child Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, and Neglect: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Rosana E Norman, Munkhtsetseg Byambaa, Rumna De, Alexander R Butchart, James G. Scott, Theo Vos
PLoS medicine
2012

BACKGROUND Child sexual abuse is considered a modifiable risk factor for mental disorders across the life course. However the long-term consequences of other forms of child maltreatment have not yet… (More)

An Exploration of Aspects of Bayesian Multiple Testing ∗

James G. Scott, James O. Berger
2003

There has been increased interest of late in the Bayesian approach to multiple testing (often called the multiple comparisons problem), motivated by the need to analyze DNA microarray data in which… (More)

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological…

C. J. Murray, Ryan M Barber, +497 authors Mark G Shrime
The Lancet
2015

BACKGROUND The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and… (More)

Handling Sparsity via the Horseshoe

Carlos M. Carvalho, Nicholas G. Polson, James G. Scott
AISTATS
2009

This paper presents a general, fully Bayesian framework for sparse supervised-learning problems based on the horseshoe prior. The horseshoe prior is a member of the family of multivariate scale… (More)

On the half-Cauchy prior for a global scale parameter

Nicholas G. Polson, James G. Scott
2010

This paper argues that the half-Cauchy distribution should replace the inverseGamma distribution as a default prior for a top-level scale parameter in Bayesian hierarchical models, at least for cases… (More)

Psychotic-like experiences in the general community: the correlates of CIDI psychosis screen items in an Australian sample.

James G. Scott, David Chant, Gavin Andrews, J. V. Mcgrath
Psychological medicine
2006

BACKGROUND Apart from individuals with clinical psychosis, community surveys have shown that many otherwise well individuals endorse items designed to identify psychosis. The aim of this study was to… (More)

Association between trauma exposure and delusional experiences in a large community-based sample.

James G. Scott, David Chant, Gavin Andrews, Graham E Martin, J. V. Mcgrath
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal…
2007

BACKGROUND Surveys have found that otherwise well individuals report delusional experiences. Previous studies have shown an association between psychotic symptoms and exposure to trauma. AIMS To… (More)

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