Further statistics in dentistry part 9: Bayesian statistics

British Dental Journal

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 129-134

  Petrie, A ^a   Bulman, J S ^a   Osborn, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; DENTISTRY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHILOSOPHY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SCREENING TEST; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTISTRY; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MASS SCREENING; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0037641072     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809892     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. Fine D H, Letizia J, Mandel I D. The effect of rinding with Listerine antiseptic on the properties of developing dental plaque: J Clin Periodontol 1985; 12: 660-666.
2. Iversen G R. Bayesian statistical inference. Sage University Paper series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, series 07-043. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage University Press, 1984.
3. Barnett V. Comparative statistical inference. 3rd edn. New York: Wiley, 1999.
4. Lilford R J, Braunholtz D A. The statistical basis of public policy:a paradigm shift is overdue. Br Med J 1996; 313: 603-607.
5. Louis T A. Using empirical Bayes methods in biopharmaceutical research. Stat Med 1991; 10: 811-829.
6. Berry D A. A case for Bayesianism in clinical trials. Stat Med 1993; 12: 1377-1393.
7. Spiegelhalter D J, Freedman L S, Parmar M K B. Bayesian approaches to randomized trials. J R Statist Soc A 1994; 157: 357-416.
8. Berry D A, Stangl D K. 'Bayesian methods in health-related research' in Bayesian Biostatistics. Eds Berry D A, Stangl D K. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1996.
9. Fayers P M, Ashby D, Parmar M K. Tutorial in biostatistics: Bayesian monitoring in clinical trials. Stat Med 1997; 16: 1413-1430.
10. Sachett D L, Richardson N S, Rosenberg W, Haynes R B. Evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach EBM. London: Churchill Livingstone, 1997.
11. Kingman A, Little W, Gomez I, Heifetz S B, Driscoll W S, Sheats R, Supan P. Salivary levels of Streptococcus mutans and lactobacilli and dental caries experiences in a US adolescent population. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1988; 16: 98-103.
12. Petrie A, Sabin C. Medical Statistics at a Glance. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2000.