Want to use a Bayesian approach to plan your study for comparing proportions? The R package SampleSizeProportions implements sample size calculations based on different sample size criteria described in the article by Joseph, du Berger and...
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Here are some examples of fitting simple statistical models in rjags. They are useful for beginners learning Bayesian inference using the rjags library. Notice in each case all that is required is specification of the probability density function...
Read moreDefining prior distributions for sensitivity/specificity in the latent class model with random effects
This blog post describes how to set informative prior distributions for the sensitivity or specificity parameters in the latent class model with random effects described in the article by Dendukuri and Joseph(2001). Though the text below refers...
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